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WITH    A 

SHORT   NARRATION    OF    FACTS 
concerning  Mr.  RICHARD  WARREN 

Ma^ower  Passenger 
AND    HIS 

FAMILY   CONNECTIONS 
ivith  THOMAS  LITTLE 


William  Avery^  l6jO  Richard  Park^  i6jS 

Thomas  Fairchild^  l6j8  Thomas  Little^  l6jO 

Richard  fVarren^  1620 


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A  people  which  takes  no  pride  in  the  noble  achievements  of  remote 
ancestors,  will  never  achieve  anything  worthy  to  be  remembered  with 
pride  by  remote  descendants. 

Macauiay:  History  of  England 


The  tTnirenity  Prew,  Cambridge,  U.  S.  A. 


Had  it  not  been  for  the  long,  patient,  and  studious 
work  of  the  compilers  and  authors  of  the  many  books 
consulted,  to  which  I  am  indebted  for  a  large  amount 
of  historic  material,  it  would  have  been  impossible  for 
me  to  undertake  and  complete  this  book. 

SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY^^ 

MEMBER    OF  THE 

N*v>  York  Gtnealogical  and  Biographical  Society 
Neiv  York  Hittorical  Society 
Dtdkam  Historical  Society,  Malt. 
Wetterly  Historical  Soaety,  R.  I. 
Connecticut  Historical  Society,  Hartford 
National  Genealogical  Society,  ffasAington,  D.  C. 
Nno  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society ^  Boston 


Hartford,  Conn. 
June,  1919 


2ClSi38 


CONTENTS 
THE  AVERY  FAMILY 

PAGB 

List  of  Illustrations xi 

Poem  by  J.  G.  A.  Carter xii 

Authorities  cited xv 

A  Rare  Painting xvii 

Introduction I 

Avery  Name  in  England 2 

Will  of  Robert  Avery^ 5 

Will  of  Robert  Avery*  .    .    .    ." 6 

Avery  Homestead,  Dedham,  Mass 9 

Avery  Family  in  America ii 

Genealogies  — 

1  Avery,  Robert,  will  dated  July  27*'',  1575 4 

2  Avery,  William,  died ? 4 

3  Avery,  Robert,  will  dated  March  30**',  1642 6 

4  Avery,  William,  bom  England,  1622.     Dedham,  Mass.,  1650  13 

5  Avery,  Robert,  baptized  December  7*^*,  1649 24 

6  Avery,  John,  bom  Febmary  4*^,  1685/6 26 

7  Avery,  Ephraim,  bom  April  22°^,  1713 40 

8  Avery,  Ephraim,  bom  April  13***,  1741 46 

9  Avery,  John  William,  bom  May  24*'',  1767 48 

10  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  born  January  i'*,  1797 50 

11  Avery^  Samuel  Putnam,  bom  March  I7*\  1822 51 

12  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  bom  October  7**^,  1847 67 

Settlement  and  town  Covenant  of  Dedham,  Mass 15 

Deed  of  William  Avery* 19 

Will  of  William  Avery^ 22 

Inventory  and  deed  of  Robert  Avery* 25 

Will  of  John  Avery* 27 

Inventory  of  John  Aver}^* 29 

Incorporation  of  the  town  of  Truro,  Mass 30 

Agreement  with  John  Avery*  and  town  of  Truro 32 

Gift  of  land  to  Ephraim  Avery' 38 

Ministerial  call  of  Ephraim  Avery'  to  Brookl)m,  Conn 41 

Funeral  sermon  about  Ephraim  Avery' 42                          . 

Marriages  and  death  of  Mrs.  Ephraim  Avery' 43                          ^ 

Gen'l  George  Washington's  letter 44                          *  / 

Ephraim  Avery'  and  church  at  Rye,  N.  Y 46                         J 

[  vii  ]  ^ 


PAOB 

Editorials  and  Resolutions  in  memory  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery"  .  51 

Gold  Medal  Committee,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 57 

Editorials  in  memory  of  Benjamin  Parke  Avery" 58 

Fanny  Falconer  Avery"       62 

Resolutions  in  memory  of  Henry  Ogden  Avery" 63 

Gold  Medal  Committee,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 66 

Pedigree  connection  with  Robert  AveryS  1575 67 


THE   FAIRCHILD   FAMILY 

Authorities  cited 69 

Stratford,  Connecticut 71 

Genealogies  — 

1  Fairchild,  Thomas,  Stratford,  Conn.,  1638 74 

2  Fairchild,  Samuel,  born  August  31"*,  1640 76 

3  Fairchild,  Samuel,  born ,  1683 77 

4  Fairchild,  Samuel,  born  February  3''<*,  1710 78 

5  Fairchild,  John  Curtiss,  born  February  — ,  1745/6    ....  79 

6  Fairchild,  Sarah,  bom  February  28*^,  1773 80 

7  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  born  January  i'*,  1797 81 

8  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  born  March  17*'',  1822 82 

9  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  bom  October  7*^,  1847 83 

Pedigree  connection  with  Thomas  Fairchild^  1638 83 


THE  PARK  FAMILY 

Authorities  cited 87 

Pedigree  of  the  Park  family  in  England 89 

Park  family  in  America 91 

Genealogies  — 

1  Park,  Richard,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  1635 91 

2  Park,  Thomas,  bom  England,  1628 94 

3  Park,  John,  bom  September  6*'',  1656 ".    .  96 

4  Park,  Joseph,  bom  March  12*'',  1705 97 

5  Park,  Benjamin,  born  November  i**,  1735 io2 

6  Parke,  Benjamin,  bom  September  16**',  1765 106 

7  Parke,  Hannah  Anne,  bom  April  24*'',  1804 107 

8  Avery,  Samuel  Pumam,  bom  March  17*^  1822 109 

9  Avery,  Samuel  Putnam,  born  October  7*^  1847 117 

Richard  Park^  Cambridge  property 92 

Ministerial  call  to  Joseph  Park* 98 

Letter  of  Christopher  Sugar 99 

Plague  in  Westerly,  R.  I lOO 

Sermon  by  Joseph  Park* lOO 

[  viii  ] 


PAOB 

Benjamin  Park*  and  Colonial  Wars 103 

Benjamin  Park'  and  Bunker  Hill 104 

Town  meeting,  Westerly,  R.  1 104 

Hannah  Stanton  Park's  petition 105 

Editorials  and  Resolutions  in  memory  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery*   .  109 

Editorials  in  memory  of  Benjamin  Parke  Avery' I14 

Pedigree  connection  with  Richard  ParkS  1635 117 


THE  WARREN  AND  LITTLE  FAMILIES 

A  short  narration  of  facts I19 

Authorities  cited 121 

The  Mayflower  Pilgrims 123 

The  Mayflower  compact 123 

Genealogies  — 

1  Warren,  Richard,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  1620 126 

2  Warren,  Ann,  daughter,  born  161 2? 129 

1  Little,  Thomas,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  1630 129 

Little,  Ann  Warren,  wife.     Married  April  19*^,  1633     ....  129 

2  Little,  Ephraim,  son,  bom  May  ly**",  1650 13 1 

Little,  Mary  Sturtevant,  wife.     Married,  November  22''^,  1672  131 

3  Little,  Ruth,  daughter,  bom  November  23"*,  1686 133 

6  Avery,  John,  bom  Febmary  4**",  1685/6 133 

Avery,  Ruth  Little,  wife.     Married,  November  23"^,  1710  .    .  133 
Pedigree  connection  with  Richard  Warren^,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  1620, 

and  Thomas  Little',  1630 134 


INDEX 

Avery  Family 137 

Names  of  Places,  etc 141 

Fairchild  Family 143 

Names  of  Places,  etc 145 

Park  Family 146 

Names  of  Places,  etc 148 

Warren  and  Little  Families 149 

Names  of  Places,  etc 151 


[ix] 


LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 
AVERY  FAMILY 

OPPOSITE  PAGE 

Coat  of  Arms xvi 

Seal  of  William  Avery* xviii 

Avery  Homestead 8 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery^" 50 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery"   , 52 

Avery  Architectural  Library  Building 54 

Gold  Medal,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 56 

Portrait  of  Benjamin  Parke  Avery" 58 

Portrait  of  Henry  Ogden  Avery^^ 62 

Gold  Medal,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery^ 66 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 68 

Bronze  Tablet,  Avery  Library  Building 112 

PARK  FAMILY 

Coat  of  Arms * 88 

Monument,  Newton,  Mass 92 

Park  Homestead 96 

Tombstones,  Joseph  and  Abigail  Park 100 

Captain  Benjamin  Park's  sword 102 

Portrait  of  Benjamin  Parke" 104 

Tombstone,  Benjamin  Parke' 106 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Putnam  Averjr* no 

LITTLE  FAMILY 

Coat  of  Arms 1*8 

Ephraim  Little's  Trunk,  1698 13° 


[xi] 


Such  were  the  fathers,  such  the  mothers  true. 
From  whom  our  name  and  varied  natures  grew. 
From  whom  sprang  men  of  sturdy  zeal  and  might. 
Well  armed  for  conflict  in  our  country's  night; 
Who  led  the  people  on  in  faith  and  prayer, 
Yet  slackened  not  in  thrift  nor  homely  care; 
Who  held  in  hand  the  Bible  and  the  sword. 
And  wielded  either,  as  the  law  of  God; 
Who  tyranny  denounced  with  scathing  tongue 
The  while  with  vigorous  blows  the  anvil  rung; 
Shrank  not  from  warfare  in  a  righteous  cause. 
Yet  left  their  children  mild  and  peaceful  laws; 
Gave  them  broad  acres,  trades  and  schools  as  well, 
A  heritage  whose  value  none  may  tell. 

Jane  Greenough  Avery"  Carter 


THE  AVERY  FAMILY 

OF  Dedham,  Massachusetts 

r 
1650-1919 


AUTHORITIES  CITED 

For  the  following  record  of  the  Avery  Family  in  America,  see: 

Baird's  History  of  Rycy  N.  Y. 

Bolton's  History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  WestchfSter  Co., 

N.  Y. 
Boston  Record  Commissioner* s  Reports,  1630-1699. 
Bridgman's  King's  Chapel  Burial  Ground,  Boston,  1853. 
Burk's  Armory  (Edition  1844). 
Chandler's  Copy  of  Records  in  Pomfret,  Conn. 
Crozier's  Armory  of  American  Families,  1904. 
Cutter's  Life  of  Israel  Putnam. 
Davis'  Landmarks  of  Plymouth. 
Dedham,  Mass.,  Records,  Vols.  II-III. 
Deeds  of  Land,  Warrenville,  Conn.,  Records, 
Dexter's  Yale  Biographies,  Vol.  1745-1763. 
Drake's  Dictionary  of  American  Biography. 
Drake's  Founders  of  New  England. 

Editorials  and  Resolutions  in  Memory  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  1905. 
Freeman  Genealogy. 
Freeman's  History  of  Cape  Cod. 
Genealogy  of  the  Cornell  Family. 

General  Register,  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  New  York,  1899-1902. 
Heraldic  Journal,  Vol.  II,  1865. 
King's  Chapel,  Boston,  Grave  Yard  Inscriptions. 
King's  Notable  New  Yorkers,  1896-1899. 
Lamed's  History  of  Windham  County,  Conn. 
Lebanon,  Conn.,  Land  Records. 
Littlefield's  Early  Boston  Booksellers,  1642-1711. 
Livingston's  Israel  Putnam. 
Lothrop  Family  Memoirs. 

Mackenzie's  Colonial  Families  of  the  U.  S.  A.,  Vol.  VI,  1917. 
New  England  Historic  and  Genealogical  Register,  1847. 
New  York  Gazette  and  Mercury,  May  27***,  1776. 

New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society  Record,  October,  1904. 
New  York  Weekly  Museum,  1793. 
Orcutt's  History  of  Stratford  and  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
Parke  and  Parks  of  Massachusetts,  1909. 
Plymouth  Colony  Records. 

XV 


Pope's  Pope  Family. 

Prominent  Families  of  New  York,  1898. 

Rich's  History  of  Truro,  Cape  Cod. 

Robert's  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery   Company  of 

Massachusetts,  1637-1888. 
Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England.  .' 
Selleck's  Norwalk,  Conn.  ^* 

Some  Account  of  the  Park  Family. 
The  Avery  Family  in  America,  Dedham  Branch,  1893. 
Thomas*  History  of  Printing. 
Vital  Records  of  Salem,  Mass. 
Worthington's  History  of  Dedham,  Mass. 
Year  Book,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  New  York,  1909. 


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THE    AVERY   COAT   OF    ARMS    "fIDELIS" 

'Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  besants  or,  crest,  two  lion's 
jambs  or,  supporting  besant  " 


A  RARE  PAINTING 

Relic  of  1650  Comes  to  Dedham  Historical 
Society 

^  I  ^H ROUGH  the  generosity  and  interest  of  Samuel  P.  Avery  of 
■^  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  Dedham  Historical  Society  has  just 
come  into  the  possession  of  the  oil  painting  of  the  Coat  of  Arms 
of  the  Avery  family,  which  was  brought  from  England  by  William 
Avery  when  he  came  to  this  country  in  1650.  It  remained  in  the 
old  Avery  house  until  about  1800,  when  it  was  taken  to  Conway, 
Massachusetts,  and  has  since  descended  to  various  heirs  until  it 
was  recently  secured  by  Mr.  Avery,  who  has  now  presented  it  to 
the  Historical  Society.  The  painting  is  about  18  x  18  inches  and 
in  very  good  condition  considering  its  age.  The  Coat  of  Arms  is 
"Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  bezants  or,  crest,  two  lions  jambs, 
or,  supporting  bezant."  There  have  been  only  nine  owners  of  the 
canvas  since  it  was  brought  over,  269  years  ago.    They  were: 

1.  William  Avery*  came  from  England,  1650,  settled  in  Dedham, 
Mass.,  and  brought  with  him  the  Avery  Coat  of  Arms.  He  was  born 
1622,  and  died  March  iS***,  1686.  The  painting  then  passed  to  the  owner- 
ship of  the  following  persons: 

2.  William  Avery',  eldest  son,  baptized  in  England,  October  12**',  1647, 
died  December  15*^  1708. 

3.  William  Avery*,  bom  March  31'*,  1678,  died  May  13**',  1750. 

4.  William  Avery',  only  son  of  William  Avery*,  bom  August  30*'',  1716, 
died  August  5*^,  1796.  This  Coat  of  Arms  is  mentioned  in  the  inventory 
of  his  estate.    He  was  the  great-grandson  of  William  Avery*. 

5.  The  third  daughter  and  sixth  child  of  William  Avery'  was  Mrs. 
Grace  (Avery*)  Howland,  born  August  17*'*,  1755,  died  February  12**', 
1841.    She  inherited  it  from  her  father. 

6.  In  1853  it  was  given  to  Mrs.  Jerusha  (Avery')  Bingham,  bom 
September  13*'',  1780,  died  December  i"*,  1874.  She  was  the  grand- 
daughter of  William  Avery'. 

7.  Then  Mrs,  Lucy  Avery"  (Bingham)  King  inherited  it  from  hei 
mother,  born  May  21"*,  1822,  died  July  7*^  1888. 

xvii 


8.  The  next  owner,  Mrs.  Grace  Avery*^  (King)  Steele,  bom  April  2i»*, 
1847,  transferred  the  Coat  of  Arms  to 

9.  Samuel  Putnam  Avery^*,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  born  October  7***, 
1847,  who  presented  it  in  January,  1919,  to  the  Dedham  Historical  So- 
ciety, in  which  town  it  first  appeared  in  1650.  The  Dedham  Transcript, 
February  8*^,  1919. 

THE    AVERY    SEAL 
^Vie  z  %6,  with  handle  &  ring  i  inch  high 

In  the  will  of  William  Avery*  it  says,  "I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
&  seal  this  fifteenth  day  of  October,  in  y®  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
six  hundred  &  eighty  three."  At  a  later  day  three  witnesses,  William 
Haberfild,  John  Higgs,  and  James  Woodmansey,  wrote  upon  the  will, 
"Seal  Published  &  confirmed  by  Mr.  William  Avery  to  be  his  last  Will 
&  Testament  the  13*^  of  March  1686/7  »"  the  presence  of  us."  William 
Avery  died  three  days  later,  March  18*'*.     Jvery  Genealogy,  p.  34. 

Up  to  a  few  years  ago  this  will  filed  in  the  Probate  Office,  Boston, 
Mass.,  bore  a  wax  impression  of  the  seal  with  the  Avery  Coat  of  Arms, 
but  it  was  cut  out  by  some  vandal. 

"The  seal  on  the  will  of  Joseph  Dummer  of  Dorchester  in  172 1  is  evi- 
dently that  of  one  of  the  witnesses,  William  Avery*.  This  is  proved  not 
only  by  the  agreement  of  the  arms  with  the  name,  but  by  the  fact  that 
the  family  possesses  an  old  painting  of  this  Coat,  which  is  mentioned  in 
an  inventory  prior  to  1750."  Whitmore's  Heraldic  Journal,  Vol.  H,  p. 
184. 

This  seal  was  also  used  as  affixed  to  the  signature  of  this  same  William 
Avery'  in  a  deed  from  James  Whiting  to  him  dated  July  10*'^,  1724,  and 
a  cut  of  tlie  seal  may  be  seen  in  the  Heraldic  Journal,  Vol.  H. 

The  will  of  John  Avery*,  dated  Truro,  January  iS***,  1744,  bears  an 
impression  of  the  same  seal.     Avery  Genealogy,  pp.  134-147. 

The  seal  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  Avery',  December  i'*,  1791, 
who  gives  to  his  son  Joseph*  his  "Seal  of  a  watch  which  hath  the  arms 
of  the  family  engraved  upon  it."     Avery  Genealogy,  p.  41. 

The  original  seal,  of  silver,  was  presented  to  the  Dedham  Historical 
Society  in  1906,  by  Miss  Salome  Elizabeth  White  of  Brookl)m,  N.  Y.  It 
was  formerly  the  property  of  her  great-grandfather,  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Avery*  of  Holden,  Mass.,  born  October  14*'',  1751,  died  March  5*^,  1824, 
after  nearly  fifty  years'  pastorate.    Avery  Genealogy,  pp.  SzSg. 

The  Historical  Society  of  Dedham  has  many  relics  of  the  Avery 
family.  Among  them  an  Ensign's  flag,  of  silk,  probably  belonging  to 
Ensign  Robert  Avery^  also  an  ancient  anvil,  documents,  and  books,  which 
have  belonged  to  the  family  for  years. 

In  1919  Mr.  Edward  Davis  Conant,  of  Newton,  Mass.,  presented  the 
Malacca  cane  with  an  ivory  head,  inlaid  with  silver,  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  William  Avery*. 

xviii 


THE    AVERY    SILVER    SEAL    AND    WAX    IMPRESSION    FROM    SAME 
From  photographs  taken  in  1919 


INTRODUCTION 

IVJO  attempt  has  been  made  to  mention  in  this  book  any  of 
"*■  ^  William  Avery's  *  descendants  except  those  in  a  direct  line 
from  him  to  Samuel  Putnam  Avery^^.  In  regard  to  facts  and  au- 
thentic records  concerning  the  origin  of  our  Dedham  ancestor. 
Dr.  William  Avery,  we  are  probably  in  possession  of  all  that  will 
ever  be  known,  as  investigations  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Walter 
Titus  Avery,  of  New  York  City,  have  resulted  in  ascertaining  his 
home  to  have  been  in  Barkham,  Berks,  England,  with  the  parish 
record  of  the  baptisms  of  his  three  children  there,  and  the  wills, 
presumably  of  both  his  father  and  his  great-grandfather.  With 
the  great-grandfather,  Robert  AveryS  we  commence  our  gene- 
alogy, the  latest  generation  given  in  our  pa^es  being  the  twelfth 
from  him. 

While  we  date  from  Robert  Avery^  of  Pill,  England,  as  our 
earliest  known  ancestor,  it  may  be  proper  to  say  that  we  have 
not  undeniable,  though  strongly  presumable,  evidence  that  he 
was  the  great-grandfather  of  Dr.  William  Avery.  The  pre- 
sumption is,  that  the  grandson  Robert,  mentioned  in  the  will, 
as  the  son  of  his  son  William,  was  Robert  of  Wokingham, 
father  of  Dr.  William,  and  this  has  much  weight  from  the  men- 
tion of  his  sister,  Prudence  Champion,  and  his  brother,  William, 
oj  Congresburie,*  and  John  Champion  in  the  will. 

*  The  Parish  of  Congresburie  is  in  Winterstoke  Hundred,  6J^  miles  N.  N.  East 
of  Axbridge,  on  the  River  "Yeo,"  and  about  5  miles  from  its  mouth.  Acres  4280. 
Houses  247  in  183 1.     Population  1380  in  1841. 

The  "Yeo"  rises  near  Compton  Martin,  and  run*  13  miles  N.  N.  West  to  Bristol 
Channel,  3  miles  above  Sand  Point. 

[I] 


•  The  foUowing  is  a  copy  of  the  supposed  pedigree  of  Dr.  William 
Avery: 


"WUUam 

of  0)ngresbury 

I 

Jacob 


WUliam 

I 
Robert 

of  Wokingham 


William 


Robert 
of  Pill 


Richard 
=  Joane 


Robert 


Prudence 
John  Champion 


Thomas 


— I 

Frances." 


THE  AVERY  NAME  IN  ENGLAND 

Frequent  mention  is  made  of  the  Avery  name,  in  different 
parish  records  of  baptisms  in  England,  spelled  variously  Abrie, 
Averie,  and  Avery,  and  of  marriage  licenses,  one,  in  particular, 
noticeable  from  the  fact  that  the  groom,  Dudley  Avery^  was  a 
son  of  the  Right  Worshipful  Samuel  Avery,  Alderman  of  London. 
But  these  records,  though  interesting  to  the  genealogist,  throw 
no  light  on  the  question  of  our  own  relationship  to  the  parties 
named. 

The  following  of  ancient  date  is  from  the  Deanery  of  Trigg 
Manor.     By  MacLeon :  — 

1466,  August  22"**.  ]ohn  Avery  was  mentioned  as  living  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Endellion,  Cornwall.  Henry  Avery  also  held  land  in  the  same 
parish. 

"After  1543,  a  messuage  in  Trewiggett,  Cornwall,  was  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Richard  Averye."  ("A  messuage  was  a  dwelling  house  with  adja- 
cent buildings,  and  lands  for  the  use  of  the  household."  —  Webster.) 

In  1603,  a  boundary  of  Tintaget,  Cornwall,  was  signed  by  William 

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Avery  and  others.    Thomas  Avery  was  mayor  of  the  same  place  in  1605, 
William  in  1746,  Richard  in  1801. 

The  name  of  Avery,  according  to  memoranda  from  London, 
"Notes  and  Queries,"  is  found  at  Bodmin,  Cornwall,  England,  at 
an  early  date  (and  exists  there  at  the  present  time),  as  early  as 
13 10,  in  which  year  Thomas  Avery  was  associated  with  others  in 
a  suit  concerning  500  acres  of  land,  at  Halgrave,  near  Bodmin. 

The  name  Avery  is  also  found  in  the  will  of  Agnes  Arden 
(mother  of  Mary  Shakespeare,  and  grandmother  of  William 
Shakespeare),  widow  of  Robert  Arden  of  Wilmscote  parish  of 
Arton  (three  miles  from  Stratford).  In  this  document,  dated 
1584,  she  gives  Avery  Fulwood  two  sheep.  John  Fulwood  mar- 
ried an  aunt  of  William  Shakespeare.    Malone's  Shakespeare. 

There  is  also  an  Avery  Lane  in  London  and  an  Avery  Street  in 
Birmingham.  There  is  a  record  in  the  history  of  Westminster 
Abbey  showing  that  sometime  in  the  fifteenth  or  sixteenth  cen- 
tury Lady  Elizabeth  Avery  of  Devonshire  was  buried  there. 

In  the  year  1544,  Michael  Avery  was  mayor  of  Bodmin.  The 
parish  registers  commence  in  1559,  and  the  name  of  Avery  is 
among  the  first  found  therein. 

There  have  also  been  found  records  of  baptisms,  marriages,  and 
deaths,  as  follows:  — 

1560  —  Johan,  dau.  of  Thomas  Avery,  baptized  May  26*^*. 

1563  — Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Avery,  baptized . 

1569  —  Walter  Averye  and  Origo  Williams,  married  Sept.  6*\ 

1569  —  Michael  Avery  was  buried  Sept.  28*''. 

John  Avery,  of  Bodmin,  married  Isoult  Barry,  of  Wynscote,  Devon- 
shire, dau.  of  John  Barry,  who  died  1538. 

At  Dowland,  N.  Devon,  may  be  found  the  following  inscriptions:  — 

"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Margarett  StofFord,  the  weif  of  Thomas 
StofFord  Gent,  mother  of  Robert  Avery,  who  died  the  3"^  of  Sept.,  anno 
dni,  1600. 

"Here  lyeth  the  bodie  of  Thomasine  Avery,  the  first  weif  of  Robert 
Avery,  who  died  the  xxv**"  Aprill,  anno  dm'ni,  1601. 

"Here  lyeth  the  bodie  of  Johane  Avery,  the  second  weif  of  Robert 
Avery,  who  died  the  xxiiii***  of  Sept.,  anno  dm'ni,  1612. 


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PEDIGREE    OF  8TOFFORD 

Robert  S.  =  Elizabeth  d  &  h  of  Menwhennyke. 


Jdm  ■»  Margery  Thomas  =  Margaret,  widow 

Ascot.  oi  Avery  above. 

Their  arms  are  those  of  Dr.  William  Avery  of  Dedham, 
Mass. 

The  parish  of  Pill,  —  now  Pylle,  Somerset,  —  which  was  the 
residence  of  our  earliest  known  ancestor,  Robert  AveryS  is  3J^ 
miles  south  of  Shepton  Mallet,  in  White  Stone  Hundred;  acres, 
i»57o;  houses,  35  in  183 1;  population,  216  in  1841.  Pylle  House 
(as  per  Black's  Guide)  is  on  the  Bath  &  Bridport  Railway.  There 
is  a  town  by  the  same  name  near  the  mouth  of  the  Severn,  on  map 
of  England,  in  G)tton's  general  atlas  of  1862  (it  is  not  the  ancient 
Pill,  however),  15^  miles  from  Bath,  and  2^  miles  from  Shep- 
ton Mallet. 

The  name  Pill  seems  to  correspond  to  the  Welsh  Powl^  an  inlet 
or  pool. 

William  Avery^,  our  earliest  ancestor  in  America,  lived  in 
Barkham,  Berkshire,  England.   . 

We  come  now  to  trace  the  direct  lines  of  descent  from  Robert 
Avery^  yeoman,  down  to  the  twelfth  and  latest  generation  of  the 
Dedham  branch  of  Averys  in  this  country.  "A  yeoman  or  hus- 
bandman was  one  who  tilled  his  own  land  in  distinction  from  a 
peasant  or  farmer,  who  occupied  the  land  of  another.*'  1599  to 
1655.     London  Notes  and  Queries. 

Robert  Avery»  died  previous  to  October  I4*^  1575,  that  being  the 
date  of  the  proving  of  his  will.  The  will  itself  bears  date  July  27*^ 
>57S»  a  copy  of  which,  made  from  the  original,  is  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery. 

He  had  three  sons,  William^  Richard^,  and  Thomas^.  William 
■eems  to  have  fallen  under  his  father's  displeasure  for  "having 

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made  a  base  marriage,  and  left  his  native  parishe,"  but  receives 
a  share  in  the  property,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  will,  "in 
token  of  forgiveness."  Richard,  the  second  son,  is  made  sole  ex- 
ecutor, and  his  brother  William  AveryS  of  Congresburie,  and 
John  Champion,  his  brother-in-law,  are  appointed  overseers. 

Will  of  Robert  Avery^  of  Pill,  {now  Pylle)  Somerset,  England, 
yeoman,  found  at  Doctor's  Commons,  March,  1872. 

In  the  name  of  Almighty  God  Amen,  the  27***  day  of  July  in  the 
year  of  our  Lorde  God  1575,  I,  Robert  Avery,  yoeman  of  Pill,  Co. 
Somerset,  being  sick  in  bodye,  but  hole  in  mynde  and  good  in  remem- 
brance, do  ordaine  this  my  Testament  and  last  Will,  in  manner  and 
forme  followinge: 

Fyrst.  I  commende  and  bequethe  my  Soule  to  Almytie  God,  my 
maker  and  Redeemer,  and  to  all  the  Hollye  companye  in  heaven,  and  my 
bodye  to  be  buryed  as  a  Christian  man. 

Also  I  give  and  bequethe  to  my  sonne  William  Avery  £5,  my  bowe  and 
arrows,  and  my  wynter  gowne  furred  with  fox,  in  token  of  my  forgiveness 
for  his  having  made  a  base  marriage  and  left  his  native  parishe. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  my  second  sonne,  Richard  Avery,  all  my 
farm  Implements,  and  the  house  wherein  I  now  do  dwell.  Also  I  give  and 
bequethe  to  the  said  Richard  Avery,  one  field  and  one  medowe  now  in 
the  occupation  of  John  Austen,  and  I  also  bequethe  to  him  my  goods, 
moveable  and  unmoveable  which  are  in  and  about  the  house  and  premises, 
I  now  dwell. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  my  youngest  sonne,  Thomas  Avery,  £5, 
one  cowe  and  one  loade  of  hay,  my  silk  doublet,  two  pair  of  hose  and  one 
brasse  potte  and  cover. 

Item.  I  doe  give  and  bequethe  to  my  Sister,  Prudence  Champion,  the 
somme  of  10/4,  and  one  milch  cowe,  two  prs  sheets,  and  my  second  best 
feather  bedde,  with  all  covering  and  appurtenances  thereto. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  my  grandsonne,  Robert  Avery,  the  sonne 
of  my  sonne  William  Avery  the  some  of  6/8*^. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  unto  William  Sharpe,  my  oulde  blue  coate, 
and  to  my  nephew,  Jacob  Avery,  my  brother  William's  sonne,  my  pen 
and  one  silver  guilt  flagon  with  cover. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  Abell,  my  servant,  my  bodye  Lynen, 
and  one  shillinge. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  the  Resydewe  of  all  my  goods  and  Cattels 
unbequethed,  unto  my  sonne,  Richard  Avery.  Also  I  ordeyne  and  make 
the  sayde  Richard  Avery,  my  sonne,  to  be  my  sole  executor,  and  he  to 
see  my  funeralles  and  debts  payed.  And  to  see  this  my  last  testament 
and  will  p.formed,  as  he  will  answer  before  Almightie  God,  at  the  generall 
day  of  judgement.    Also  I  make  overseer  of  this,  my  will,  my  brothers, 

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William  Avery,*  of  Congresburie,  and  John  Champion,  and  I  doe  give 
for  thTir  paj^es  takynge  Herein  ^^|  eche.  These  beynge  witnesses. 
Robert  Hibbert.  Thos.  Vyse  with  others. 

Proved  by  the  executor  Richard  Avery,  Oct.  14    ,  IS75- 

Wmiam»,  the  oldest  son  of  RobertS  had  one  son,  Robert*. 
Whether  there  were  others,  records  do  not  say.  This  Robert^  we 
suppose  to  have  been  the  father  of  Dr.  William  of  Dedham. 

Robert  Avery*  lived  in  Wokingham,  Berkshire.  By  trade  he 
was  a  blacksmith  (which  was  a  profession  in  those  days  when  he 
made  the  armor).  His  will,  found  in  the  Diocese  of  Doctor's 
Commons,  bears  date  March  30*'',  1642.  He  married  Joanne,  and 
had  three  children. 

I    William*,  b.  1622.    See  forward. 
II    Robert*. 
Ill    Frances*. 

We  here  insert  the  will  —  a  copy  of  the  original  being  in  pos- 
session of  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery. 


WILL  OF  ROBERT  AVERY*  OF  WOKINGHAM 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  The  thirtiette  day  of  March  in  the  Eight- 
eenth yere  of  the  raign  of  our  Soveraine  Lord  Charles,  by  the  grace  of 
God  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,  Kings,  defenders  of  the  faith, 
Ann"  Domini  one  Thousand  six  hundred  forty-two.  I,  Robert  Avery,  of 
Wokingham  in  the  countie  of  Berks,  blacksmith,  being  in  perfect  memory, 
praised  be  Almighty  God,  doe  disannull,  recall  and  make  void  all  former 

•  William  AvERY^  of  Congresburie  (brother  of  Robert  Avery*),  had  six  sons: 
Thomas*,  William*,  Richard*,  Giles*,  Jacob*  and  John*,  and  died  1585. 

William*  had  daughter  Jane*  and  son  Joseph*. 

Jacob*  had  seven  children:  Joseph',  Benjamin*,  Christian*,  Samuel*,  Hester*, 
Benjamin',  Annah',  and  died  Feb.  i'*,  1643. 

John*  had  four  children:  Sarah*,  John',  William',  and  Joane*. 

Joseph*  (Jacob*  W"')  had  one  son  Joseph*:  Merchant  of  London. 

Samuel*  (Jacob*  W"')  of  Havidge  and  Enfield  and  Merchant  of  London,  per 
London  "Notes  and  Queries,"  May  20*'',  1871,  was  sheriff  of  London,  1647,  and 
the  Alderman  Avery,  who  joined  in  the  Act,  May  30*,  1649,  proclaiming  the  aboli- 
rion  of  kingly  government.  He  was  commissioner,  for  sundry  city  ordinances  about 
1645,  and  the  State  Paper  Office  contains  letters  from  him  dated  from  Hambure 
and  addressed  to  Lord  Digbye  and  Sir  Thomas  Rowe,  Jan.  12"*,  1643-4.  He  had 
one  daughter,  Katharine*,  b.  1622,  and  one  son  Dudley*. 

Dudley*  of  Streatly,  Berkshire,  Eng.,  had:  Dudley*,  AllenS  Samuel*,  William*, 
Cathanne*,  Mirabclla*,  Christian*,  Barsheba*. 

"^«?*"**'  of  Streatly  is  in  Moreton  Hundred,  Berkshire,  sH  miles  south  by 
west  of  Walhngford,  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Thames." 

Gazetteer,  1 84 1. 

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wills  and  Testam*'  weiche  in  writing  or  other  wais.  And  doe  make  this 
my  last  will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  forme  foUowinge.  That  is 
to  say, 

First.  I  doe  bequeathe  my  soule  unto  God,  my  creator  and  redeemer. 
And  my  body  to  be  decently  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors  and 
overseers,  and  as  touching  my  landes  wherein  I  have  estate,  my  will  is  as 
foUoweth :  If  it  happens  Joane,  my  wif  survive  and  ou*live  me,  my  will 
is,  I  give-and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Joane,  my  now  wifF,  all  that  mes- 
suage or  Tenement  in  the  w''  I  now  dwell,  with  the  bams.  Stables  and 
houses,  orchards,  garden,  w*^  appurtenances  and  the  close  of  avable  or 
pastur  thereunto  belonging,  and  next  adioninge  (adjoining),  known  and 
called  by  the  name  of  Lower  dowles,  allis  little  dowles,  conteyning  two 
akers  more  or  less.  And  also  another  parcell  of  land,  great  dowles,  allis 
upper  dowles,  lyinge  and  being  in  the  p'ish  of  Wokingham  and  G)untie 
of  Berks,  aforesaid,  containing  sixteen  akers  more  or  less,  all  of  which 
said  House  and  landes,  I  bought  and  purchased  of  Richard  Windgate  of 
Long  Sutton  Co  South  *°  yeoman,  during  the  terme  of  her  naturall  life, 
if  she  shall  so  long  keep  herselfe  a  widdow  and  unmarried,  and  after  the 
death  or  marriage  of  the  said  Joane,  my  now  wif,  which  of  them  shall  first 
happen,  my  will  is,  and  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  William  Avery, 
my  eldest  sonne,  all  that  my  p'cell  of  land  called  great  dowles,  allis  upper 
dowles  aforesaid,  to  remain  unto  him  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  Item,  that 
after  the  death  or  marriage  of  the  said  Joane,  my  now  wifF  w'^'ever  of 
them  shall  happen,  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  Robert  Avery,  my 
youngest  son,  all  that  my  messuage  in  the  which  I  now  dwell  with  the 
appurtenances  and  the  close  aforesaid  thereunto  belonging  and  next  ad- 
iogning,  to  remain  unto  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

lum.  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  Frances  Avery,  my  daughter, 
the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  her  within  two  years,  next 
after  my  decease  which  said  some  of  2o£  my  will  is,  shall  be  paid  by  my 
executors,  and  to  be  raised  out  of  that  p'cell  of  land  called  upper  dowles, 
allis  great  dowles.  Item.  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  (the  some  of  five 
pounds) .''  unto  Roger  Irelande  the  younger,  eldest  sonne  of  Roger  Ire- 
lande  of  Hurst,  weaver,  w**  said  some  of  5£  my  will  is,  shall  be  paid  at  his 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  by  the  said  Robert  Avery,  my  youngest 
sonne,  heirs,  executors  and  Administrators  if  the  said  Roger  shall  so  long 
live. 

Item.  My  will  is  that  all  the  debts  I  now  owe  or  shall  ow,  at  the  time 
of  my  decease  shall  be  paid  by  my  executors  (and  no  pt  throf  be  laid  upon 
my  son  Robert,  other  than  the  five  £  aforesaid)  and  that  all  such  debts 
and  funerell  expenses  shall  be  raised  out  of  my  stock  of  goods  and  chattels 
and  the  residue  of  all  my  goods  and  chattels,  my  debts  and  funerell 
charges  first  deducted  and  my  legacies  paid,  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe 
"°to  Joane  my  said  wif,  and  unto  William  my  sonne  equally  to  be 
divided  whom  also  I  doe  ordeine  and  make  my  executors  ioyntly  aftd 
coequally. 

And  I  doe  entreat  and  earnestly  request  my  loving  friends  Thomas 

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Champion  of  Barkham  *  and  Andrew  Avery  of  East  Hampstead  both 
in  Berks,  overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  testam*  to  whom  I  give  and 
bequeath  the  some  of  five  shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  to  them  w*"  three 
months  next  after  my  decease.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  set  my  seal 
and  enscribed  unto  both  Sheetes  in  the  p'tes  of  provided  all  wais  that  if 
my  eldest  sonne  William  Avery  shall  and  doe  well  and  truly  pay  or  cause 
to  be  paid  unto  my  sonne  Robert  Avery,  the  full  some  of  Threescore 
pounds  of  lawful  english  money  w'"  three  years  next  after  the  Decease 
of  me  and  Joane  my  now  wif,  by  twenty  pounds  a  year  for  three  years 
yearly,  that  then  it  shall  be  lawful  to  and  for  my  said  sonne  William 
Avery  (with?)  the  messuage  Tenemen*'  and  their  appurtenances  w"^  in 
the  close  or  parcell  thereunto  belonging  called  lower  Dowles,  alis  little 
dowles  (being?)  by  these  (pates?)  given  unto  my  youngest  sonne  Robert  to 
enter,  possess  and  enjoy.  And  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  the  said  p'mesis 
unto  my  said  sonne  (Wm?)  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  any  thinge  hearin 
not  w^'standing. 

Witness        Giles  Boulders  Ann  Boulders  R  hf   /f 

Proved  i5*Mune  1644  '    '     '"^(Signed.) 

♦  Parish  of  Barkham,  Berks,  is  in  Charlton  Hundred,  and  5  miles  So.  West  of 
Wokingham.  Acres  1415.  Population  248  in  1841.  Houses  36  in  183 1.  Pari. 
Gaxr.  1841. 


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THE  AVERY  HOMESTEAD  AND  OAK 

^  I  ^HE  house  was  probably  built  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  as  early  as 

^    165 1  by  William  Averj^,  who  was  "admitted  Townesman" 

on  January  !■*,  1650-1.     The  buildings  were  taken  down  in  1885. 

The  ancient  white  oak  tree,  undoubtedly  much  older  than  the 
settlement  of  the  town,  is  still  standing  and  belongs  to  the  Dedham 
Historical  Society.  It  measures,  191 8,  five  feet  from  the  ground, 
a  few  inches  over  sixteen  feet  in  circumference,  while  a  line  drawn 
around  the  base  on  the  ground  measures  twenty-seven  feet  six 
inches,  and  the  longest  branch  extends  over  the  ground  fifty  feet 
from  the  trunk. 

This  tree  was  fitly  selected  as  the  centerpiece  of  the  town  seal 
and  as  "the  symbol  of  age  &  strength  as  well  as  of  present  life  & 
vigor." 


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THE  AVERY  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA 
1650         Dedham  Branch  191 9 


WILLIAM  AVERY* 

TTT'E  now  take  up  the  record  of  our  earliest  ancestor  in  America, 
^  ^  who  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  1650,  and  cast  in  his  lot  with 
the  settlers  of  the  town  of  Dedham,  Mass^  bringing  with  him  his 
wife,  Margaret,  and  three  children,  from  the  parish  of  Barkham, 
County  of  Berkshire,  England.  Of  these  three  children  born  in 
Barkham  we  make  special  mention,  as  there  is  a  certified  copy  of 
the  certificates  of  their  baptisms  in  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery's  possession 
signed  by  the  rector  of  the  parish. 

"1645.  Mary  Avery,  the  daughter  of  Margaret  and  William  Avery, 
was  baptized  the  19***  of  December.  1647.  William  the /own^  of  William 
and  Margaret  Avery,  was  baptized  the  seven  and  twentieth  day  of  October. 

1649.  Robert  Avery,  y®  sonne  of  William  and  Margaret  Avery,  bap- 
tized the  vii***  of  December. 

I,  Arthur  Roberts,  rector  of  Barkham,  certify  the  above  to  be  a  true 
copy  of  the  Baptism  Register  of  the  said  parish.  Extracted  this  15*^  day 
of  March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1880.     By  me. 

(Signed)  Arthur  Roberts." 

William  Avery*  was  born  in  England,  1622.  Died,  Boston,  March  IS***, 
1686.  His  wife,  Margaret,  was  born  in  England.  Died,  Dedham, 
September  28ti>,  1678.  Other  children  were  bom  to  William  and  Margaret 
Avery  after  they  took  up  their  life  in  Dedham.  The  complete  list  is  as 
follows :  — 

CHILDREN 

I  Mary',  baptized  December  19*^  1645,  in  Barkham,  England. 
Married,  November  S"*,  1666,  James  Tisdale,  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  born 
1644.     She  died  September  9"',  1713.    He  died  January  IS"',  1715. 

II  William*,  baptized  October  27«i",  1647,  in  Barkham,  England. 
Married,  September  21«*,  1673,  Mary  Lane,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  bom  1652. 
He  died  December  ISt*-,  1708.  She  died  October  11*»>,  1681.  They  had 
four  children. 

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III  Robert*,  baptized  December  7*^  1649,  in  Barkham,  England. 
Married,  April  3'^  1677,  Elizabeth  Lane,*  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  born  1655. 
He  died  October  3"*,  1722.  She  died  October  21"*,  1746.  They  had  six 
children.    See  forward. 

IV  Jonathan',  bom  May  26*^  1653,  Dedham.  Married,^  July  22"^, 
1679,  Sybil  Sparhawk,t  of  Cambridge,  bom  "about  1655."  He  died 
September  14*'',  1694.  She  died  August  6*^  1708.  They  had  four 
children. 

V  Rachel',  bom  September  20*\  1657,  Dedham.  Married,  May  22°'^, 
1677,  William  Sumner,  of  Boston,  born  February  9*'',  1656.  She  died 
soon.    He  died  July  20*^,  1703,  Middletown,  Conn. 

VI  Hannah',  bom  September  27**',  1660,  Dedham.  Married,  May 
22»*,  1677,  Benjamin  Dyar,  of  Boston.    She  died  September  is*'',  1678. 

VII  Ebenezer*,  bom  November  24*^  1663,  Dedham.  Died  before 
1683,  as  he  is  not  mentioned  in  his  father's  will. 

As  William  Avery  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  town 
of  Dedham  (1650),  only  fifteen  years  after  its  incorporation, 
and  made  that  his  home  till  his  removal  to  Boston  about  1680, 
leaving  the  homestead  to  be  occupied  till  nearly  the  present  day 
by  his  descendants,  it  seems  fitting  that  a  sketch  of  the  settle- 
ment and  incorporation  of  the  town  should  be  given  in  these 
pages.  Although  Dr.  William  took  up  his  residence  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  in  Boston,  he  continued  to  show  his  interest  in 
Dedham,  and  in  an  especial  manner  to  the  cause  of  education 
there,  showing  him  to  have  been  a  man  not  only  liberal  with  his 
purse,  but  thoughtful,  and  solicitous  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
community  he  had  left. 

•  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery  died  in  1746,  leaving  five  children,  thirty  grand- 
children, fifty-two  great  grandchildren,  and  two  great,  great  grandchildren. 

t  Mr.  W.  R.  Deane  says:  "There  was  a  large  Parchment  Deed  of  Thomas 
Graves  of  Charlestown,  Physician,  and  Sybil  (Avery)  his  wife,  and  Dorothy  Avery, 
Spinster,  the  only  r,vo  daughters  of  Jonathan  Avery,  of  Dedham,  deceased,  who 
fell  to  Wm.  Avery  of  Dedham,  blacksmith,  for  £250,  house  and  land  in  Dedham, 
4th  April,  17 10. 

Witnesses.  Signed. 

E?,f?"-Z—  Thos.  Graves, 

Wi  ham  Bullard,  Sybill  Graves, 

,}^*i^^."^-  Dorothy  Avery." 

Recorded,  Suffolk,  1765,  book  106  (or  156),  page  256. 


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SETTLEMENT  AND  INCORPORATION  OF 
THE  TOWN  OF  DEDHAM 

TT^IFTEEN  years  after  the  Pilgrims  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock, 
■*■  and  five  years  after  the  landing  of  Gov.  Winthrop  and  his 
colony  in  Boston,  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  on  the  3rd  day  of  September,  1635  (old  style),  the 
same  day  that  Concord  was  incorporated,  "ordered  that  there 
shall  be  a  plantation  settled  about  two  myles  above  the  falls  of 
Charles  Ryver  in  the  north-east  syde  thereof  to  have  ground 
lying  to  it  on  both  sydes  the  ryver,  both  upland  and  meadow,  to 
be  layde  out  hereafter  as  the  Court  shall  appoint."  This  was  the 
beginning  of  the  settlement,  and  it  was  the  desire  of  the  first 
settlers  that  the  town  should  be  called  Contentment.  The  first 
two  recorded  meetings,  Aug.  iS***  and  29*'',  1636,  were  headed 
"Contentment."  The  name  was  afterwards  erased  by  a  line 
drawn  across  it,  and  the  name  "Dedham"  written  over.  It  has 
been  usually  understood  in  neighboring  towns  that  the  name  was 
chosen  in  memory  of  the  town  by  the  same  name  in  England, 
but  we  find  no  allusion  to  this  fact  in  records  which  we  have 
seen. 

At  any  rate,  it  is  evident  that  these  settlers  proposed  to  have 
their  new  town  a  model  for  good  order  and  peace.  It  seems  also 
that  they  made  a  point  in  regard  to  the  practice  of  religion,  by 
the  following  covenant,  which  all  who  wished  to  settle  there  were 
required  to  sign. 

THE    TOWN    COVENANT 

I.  We,  whose  names  ar  here  vnto  subscribed,  doe,  in  the  feare  and 
Reverence  of  our  Almightie  God,  mutually:  and  severally  p'mise  amongst 
our  selves  and  each  to  other  to  p'fFesse  and  practice  one  trueth  according 
to  that  most  p'rfect  rule,  the  foundation  where  of  is  Everlasting  Love; 

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2.  That  we  shall  by  all  means  Laboure  and  keepe  of  from  us  all  such 
as  ar  contrarye  minded.  And  receave  only  such  vnto  vs  as  be  such  as 
may  be  p'bably  of  one  harte,  with  vs  as  that  we  either  knowe  or  may  well 
and  truely  informed  to  walke  in  a  peaceable  conversation  with  all  meeke- 
ness  of  spirit  for  the  edification  of  each  other  in  the  knowledge  and  faith 
of  the  Lord  Jesus;  and  the  mutual  encouragem't  vnto  all  Temporall  com- 
forts in  all  things;  seeking  the  good  of  each  other  out  of  all  which  may  be 
derived  true  Peace, 

3.  That  if  at  any  time  difference  shall  arise  between  p'ties  of  our  said 
Towne,  that  then  such  p'tie  and  p'ties  shall  p'sently  Referre  all  such 
difference  vnto  som  one,  2  or  3,  others  of  our  said  Societie  to  be  fully  ac- 
corded and  determined  without  any  further  delay  if  it  possibly  may  bee; 

4.  That  every  man  that  now  or  at  any  time  heere  after  shall  have  Lots 
in  our  said  Town,  shall  pay  his  share  in  all  such  rates  of  money,  and 
charges  as  shall  be  imposed  vpon  him  Rateably  in  p'portion  with  other 
men.  As  allso  become  freely  subject  vnto  all  such  orders  and  constitu- 
tions as  shall  be  necessariely  had  or  made,  now  or  at  any  time  heere  after 
from  this  day  fore  warde,  as  well  as  for  Loveing  and  comfortable  Societie, 
in  our  said  Towne  as  allso  for  the  p'perous  and  thriveing  Condicion  of  our 
said  fellowshipe,  especially  respecting  the  feare  of  God  in  which  we  de- 
sire to  begine  and  continue  what  so  ever  shall  by  his  Loveing  favoure 
take  in  hand. 

5.  And  for  the  better  manifestion  of  our  true  resolution  heere  in, 
every  man  so  receaved;  to  subscribe  here  vnto  his  name  there  by  oblieg- 
ing  both  himself  and  his  successors  after  him  for  ever  as  we  have  done. 

This  Covenant  was  "with  one  accord  agreed  upon  at  the  first  recorded 
Meeting  of  the  Dedham  Proprietors,  August  i6*\  1636.  It  is  in  the 
handwriting  of  Edward  Alleyn  &  was  originally  signed  by  19  persons 
present  at  the  meeting"  and  by  106  "those  others  after  the  meeting  was 
dissolved."    Dedham  Historical  Records,  Vol.  II,  p.  153. 

Edward  Alleyn,  who  had  charge  of  the  Records  for  two  years,  was 
"deceased  the  8  of  y«  7  m"  1642. .  There  is  no  record  of  his  birth.  Dedham 
Historical  Records,  Vol.  I,  p.  29. 

In  1636  a  burial  place  was  set  apart  and  for  nearly  a  century  was 
the  only  one  in  town.  Here  are  the  graves  of  many  of  the  early 
ministers  and  founders  of  Dedham,  and  a  walk  through  the  grounds 
shows  many  stones  of  great  historical  interest,  many  of  which 
bear  the  name  of  Avery. 

The  original  limits  of  the  town  comprised  the  present  towns  of 
Dedham,  Medfield,   Walpole,   Wrentham,  Needham,  Wellesley, 
Dover,  Norwood,  Norfolk,  Franklin,  most  of  Bellingham,   and 
parts  of  Natick,  Hyde  Park,  and  of  West  Roxbury,  and  for  a  short  ' 
time  the  territory  forming  Millis  fornied  a  part  of  Dedham  under 

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a  subsequent  grant.  A  large  part  of  the  settlers  went  from  Water- 
town  to  the  new  town,  and  in  1638  there  were  settled  thirty-eight 
families. 

The  men  who  thus  early  formed  the  town  of  Dedham  were 
most,  if  not  all,  men  who  had  fled  from  England  to  find  a  land 
where  they  could  enjoy  religious  rights.  The  first  meeting  for 
public  worship  was  held  under  one  of  several  great  trees  which 
stood  near  what  is  now  the  center  of  Dedham  Village,  but  in  1638 
measures  were  taken  to  build  a  meeting-house. 

The  first  schoolhouse  was  built  of  logs  in  1648,  ten  years  after 
the  meeting-house  was  erected.  Its  cost  was  about  £12,  and  the 
salary  of  the  schoolmaster  who  first  taught  there  was  £20  per 
annum. 

An  almshouse  was  not  found  necessary  till  the  year  1773,  at 
which  time  the  town  erected  one  "on  the  westerly  part  of  the 
training  ground." 

By  the  Dedham  church  records,  we  find  that  "William  Avery  & 
his  wife  Margaret  were  admitted  into  the  church  16*^  12*^  mo. 
(Feb.)  1650."  This,  without  doubt,  marked  an  event  that  oc- 
curred quite  near  the  date  of  their  settlement.  In  the  same  year 
the  town  records  make  the  following  statement: 

"It  was  granted  unto  W™  Avery,  to  set  his  shoppe  in  the  highway  in 
the  east  street,  the  west  side  of  his  shoppe  to  extend  in  front  line  of  his 
house,  next  his  house,  provided  that  he  lays  down  so  much  land  on  the 
east  side  of  the  said  ways  —  as  the  same  is  straightened  by  this  said 
shopp,  at  such  time  as  the  towne  shall  require  the  same,  always  provided 
that  whensoever  the  said  shopp  shall  be  no  longer  used  for  a  Smythe's 
shopp,  by  the  said  William  at  any  time  hereafter  then  it  shall  be  re- 
moved out  of  the  highway,  if  the  town  shall  require  the  same."  (Y*  1$*^ 
of  y®  I  mo.  1650.) 

In  the  year  1669  we  find  William  Avery  designated  in  the 
records  as  Sergt.  William  Avery,  and  with  others,  sent  as  Deputy 
to  the  General  Court. 

In  1675  he  was,  with  several  prominent  men,  appointed  by  the 
court  to  examine  Indians  who  were  suspected  of  some  base  designs 
against  the  English,  and  in  connection  with  this  entry  in  the  town 
book  of  records,  he  is  first  given  the  title  of  Dr. 

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Dr.  William  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors,  who,  in  1670, 
took  possession  of  8ocx)  acres  of  land  at  Deerfield  (then  called 
Pocumptuck),  granted  to  the  town  of  Dedham  in  lieu  of  2000  acres, 
taken  from  the  town  by  the  General  Court  for  the  Indians  at 
Natick. 

Twenty-eight  years  after  their  arrival  and  settlement  in  America, 
having  lived  all  this  time  in  Dedham,  Margaret,  wife  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam, died.  The  date  of  her  death,  per  Dedham  Records,  was 
Sept.  aS**",  1678,  and  soon  after  he  removed  to  Boston.  Dr. 
Ebenezer  Alden,  President  of  Norfolk  District  Medical  Society, 
at  its  annual  meeting,  May  10*'',  1853,  on  the  subject  of  the  Early 
History  of  the  Medical  Profession  in  the  County  of  Norfolk, 
Mass.,  thus  spoke  of  him: 

"Dr.  William  Avery  was  the  earliest  educated  physician,  who 
is  known  to  have  taken  up  his  residence  in  Dedham.  He  appears 
to  have  been  well  educated,  a  man  of  benevolence,  and  especially 
a  patron  of  learning,  etc."  "It  is  known  that  in  his  life  he  made 
liberal  donations  to  various  public  charities,  among  which  was  one 
to  the  college  at  Cambridge." 

That  he  did  not  forget  the  town  which  had  been  the  place  of 
his  many  years'  residence,  is  seen  by  the  following  extract  from 
the  "History  of  Dedham,"  by  Worthington,  page  36: 

"Capt.  Daniel  Fisher  and  Ensign  Fuller  report  that  Dr.  William 
Avery,  now  (1680)  of  Boston,  but  formerly  of  the  Dedham  church,  out 
of  entire  love  of  his  Church  and  Town,  freely  gives  into  their  hands, 
sixty  pounds,  for  a  Latin  school,  to  be  ordered  by  the  Selectmen  and 
elders. 

After  his  removal  to  Boston,  he  became  a  bookseller,  accord- 
ing to  the"Historyof  Printing,"  by  Thomas,  Vol.  II,  p.  411,  who 
says,  "William  Avery  was  Bookseller,  located  near  the  Blue 
Anchor,*  in  1679." 

WalhUlin^'X^!^*'"  ^^"^  ""  j'?'  spot  where  the  Transcript  Building  stood  on 
KrorBos"ot'' Tsl^ToH^  Globe  newspaper  office.    See  '^Me.orial 

cit.ri'Sa?t:its^^,^r{s^3^i^s^^       I 

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Dr.  William  married  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Maria  (Wood- 
mansey)  Tappin,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Woodmansey,  and  lived 
only  about  six  years  afterward,  dying  on  the  18*''  March,  1686, 
aged  about  65  years.  His  wife  Maria  died  May  2i"*,  1707,  aged 
78.  His  tombstone  stands  in  King's  Chapel  burial  ground, 
Boston,  near  and  facing  the  middle  of  the  railing  on  Tremont 
Street.  On  it  is  also  inscribed  the  name  of  his  widow,  Maria. 
It  is  likely  that  this  stone  does  not  stand  where  it  was  originally 
placed,  as  a  number  of  tombstones  were  taken  up  and  set  in  a  row 
by  some  person, —  a  barbarism  that  should  never  have  been 
sanctioned. 

"His  wife  (Margaret)  died  September  28*^  1678,  &  in  1679  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Maria  Tappin,  widow  of  John  Tappin,  of  Boston,  to  which 
place  he  removed,  &  took  charge  of  the  book  shop  recently  conducted 
by  Joseph  Tappin,  her  son,  to  which  he  added  an  apothecary's  depart- 
ment, which  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  ever  established  in  New  Eng- 
land. In  1679  he  published  a  book  the  title  of  which  reads:  'The  Neces- 
sity of  pouring  out  the  spirit  from  on  High,  etc'  Boston:  Printed  by 
John  Foster,  for  William  Avery  near  the  sign  of  the  Blew  Anchor,  1679." 
Littlefield's  Early  Boston  Booksellers,  1642-1711,  pp.  93,  94,  123,  180. 


deed  of  william  avery* 

March  16^,  1681/2 

Gift  to  His  Eldest  Son,  William* 

Know  all  men  by  by  these  p'sents,  that  I,  William  Avery  (Phistion  & 
Chirurgeon)  Resident  in  Boston,  in  the  county  of  SufFolke,  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Collony  in  New  England,  upon  good  Considerations  upon  ac- 
count of  portion.  Do  hereby  and  herewith  freely  give,  grant,  &  set  out 
to  my  beloved  Eldest  son  William  Avery  (blacksmith)  resident  in  Ded- 
ham,  in  y^  County  of  SufFolke  aforesaid  —  Do  for  me,  my  Heyers,  & 
Sucessers,  fully  freely  &  absolutely  give  unto  my  say''  son  William  Avery 

Lieutenant  of  the  Company  at  Dedham  in  1673,  and  was  admitted  freeman  in  1677. 
He  was  the  Bookseller  mentioned  by  Thomas  in  his  History,  Vol.  II,  p.  411,  whose 
will  is  in  the  probate  records;  he  represented  Springfield  in  the  Legislature  of  1669. 
He  died  at  Boston,  March  18*'',  1686-87,  aged  about  sixty-six  years,  and  was 
buried  in  Dedham,  in  the  ancient  burial  place,  Range  XIV,  No.  29,  or  later  in 
King's  Chapel  burial  ground,  both  places  recording  his  burial."  From  the  same 
work  there  is  also  this  foot-note:  "William  Avery  (1650).  Authorities,  New 
Eng'^  Hist.,  and  General  Register,  1847.  King's  Chapel  burial  ground  by  Tho's 
Bridgman,  Boston,  1853.  Savage's  Gen'l  Die*;  Dedham  Register,  1892,  p.  159. 
Dedham  Records,  Vol.  II,  p.  277,  Vol.  Ill,  pp.  179,  221.  Sewall  papers,  Vol.  I, 
p.  170.    Dr.  Wm.  Avery  Dyes,  March  18**,  1686-7." 

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&  to  his  Heyers,  Execute",  Administrato",  and  Assigns  forever,  those 
two  house  lotts  in  Dedham,  which  was  granted  by  the  sayd  towne  to 
Francis  Austin  &  WilHam  Bearstoe,  as  they  lye  adjoyneing  together  in 
that  part  of  Dedham  Towne  called  East  street,  as  the  sayd  lotte  lyeth  by 
&  an  bounded  &  abutteth  upon  the  great  Highway  or  Street  towards  the 
west  &  upon  the  land  of  John  Fayerbanke  sen'.  &  y"  land  of  Jonathan 
ffayerbanks  towards  the  South  &  east  and  upon  the  land  that  I  pur- 
chased of  Mr.  Dwight  towards  the  East,  &  upon  the  land  of  my  son  Jona- 
than Avery  towards  the  North,  and  also  all  the  houses,  buildings, 
orchards  &  emprovements  upon  the  sayd  Land.  More,  one  parcell  of 
woodland,  the  quantyty  being  more  or  less,  the  same  I  bought  of  Mr. 
Timothy  Dwight  as  it  Lyeth  by  &  abutteth  upon  the  aforesayd  Land, 
and  upon  the  lot  or  land  of  Jonathan  Avery  tpwards  the  west  &  upon 
the  land  of  Thomas  Herring  towards  the  North,  &  upon  the  Mill  Creek 
towards  the  east  and  abutteth  upon  the  land  of  Jonathan  fFayerbank 
towards  the  South  —  More,  one  parcell  of  meadow  and  upland  as  it 
lyeth  in  east  street  aforesayd,  near  the  house  lot  or  land  aforesayd,  as  it 
lyeth  by  &  is  bounded  and  abutteth  upon  the  aforesayd  Highway  or 
street  towards  the  east,  right  agaynst  the  aforesay'd  land  &  abutting 
upon  the  land  of  John  ffayerbanks  towards  the  south  &  upon  the  little 
River  towards  the  west  and  upon  the  meadow  &  upland  of  Jonathan 
Avery  towards  the  North  according  to  the  ditch  &  fence  as  it  is  now  de- 
vided  &  fenced  —  More,  nine  acres  of  upland  more  or  less  as  it  lyeth 
together  in  Dedham  aforesayd  near  unto  south  meadow  a  part  thereof  I 
purchased  of  Thomas  Battelle,  the  remaynder  thereof  was  granted  unto 
me  by  the  Town  of  Dedham,  the  true  bounds  &  abuttments  of  the  whole 
parcel  acording  as  it  is  described  in  the  book  of  Grants  or  Records  of  the 
Town  of  Dedham  —  More,  eight  acres  of  meadow,  more  or  less,  as  it 
lyeth  in  Dedham  aforesayd  in  that  meadow  called  Rock  meadow,  as  it 
lyeth  by  &  is  bounded  and  abutteth  upon  the  meadow  that  was  Deacon 
Henery  Chickery**  towards  the  North  &  upon  Brook  or  small  river  that 
runeth  through  rock  meadow  towards  the  east  &  South  east,  and  abutteth 
upon  the  wast  upland  one  all  other  parts. 

More,  one  parcell  or  lott  of  Lands  in  Dedham  aforesayd  as  it  do  Lye 
in  that  Devision  of  land  near  Meadfield  bound  line  the  quantity  being 
two  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  more  or  less,  the  whole  lot  as  it  was  granted 
by  the  Towne  of  Dedham  to  the  Rights  of  Ens.  Francis  Chickering,  the 
bounds  and  abuttments  Being  described  in  the  Booke  of  the  Towne  of 
Dedham's  Records. 

More.  Six  acres  of  seader  Swamp,  be  it  more  or  less  the  whole  lot  as 
It  Lyeth  in  Dedham  aforesayd,  near  or  adjoineing  to  the  great  Pond  as  it 
w  bounded  &  abutteth  upon  the  said  pond  towards  the  North,  upon 
Turkey  Island  towards  the  west  and  upon  the  swamp  that  did  belong  to 
Henery  Phillips  and  upon  the  wigwam  plain,  one  all  other  parts.  More, 
the  whole  &  full  Right  &  Rights  of  nine  Cow  Comons  and  three  Sheep 
Comons  m  all  sorts  of  Lands  in  all  Devissions  of  Lands  yet  at  any  time 
hereafter  to  be  layed  out  in  the  whole  bounds  of  the  Towne  of  Dedham 

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aforesayd  whatsoever.  More,  the  moyetie  or  half  part  of  my  lot  or  par- 
cell  of  meadow  that  I  bought  of  Cornelius  ffisher  as  it  lyeth  in  Fowle 
Meadow  one  the  Northerly  side  of  the  River,  being  the  first  meadow 
streame  towards  the  west  that  is  yet  layed  out  one  the  Northerly  side  of 
the  sayd  River.  More,  all  my  sayd  Cow  Comon  Rights  in  all  Devissions 
of  Lands  yet  layd  out  or  at  any  time  hereafter  to  be  layd  out  in  all  the 
Township  &  bounds  in  the  Towne  of  Wrentham  —  More,  Twenty  & 
six  acres  of  land  be  it  more  or  less  as  it  Lyeth  in  the  Thousand  Acres  near 
Dedham  in  the  bounds  of  Rocksbery  in  the  seaventh  hundred  undevided, 
Lyeing  with  the  widdow  Heath,  the  land  formerly  Arthur  Garys  Robert 
Seaver,  &  Robert  Peper,  being  the  Land  I  purchased  of  Thomas  flFoster, 
as  by  a  legall  Deed  thereof  may  more  full  apeare.  All  the  aforesayd 
Lotm**  and  parcells  of  uplands,  meadows,  swamp  and  Comon  Rights 
aforesayd  as  they  are  described  aforesayd,  I,  the  sayd  William  Avery  do 
avouch  and  declare  to  be  at  the  day  of  the  date  hereof  of  my  owne  proper 
estate,  &  in  my  owne  power  all  the  pr.^mises  Lawfully  to  dispose  &  give. 
And  do  hereby  further  warrant  all  y®  aforedescribed  pr.*mises  together 
with  all  the  buildings,  orchards,  fences,  wood  Timber,  stone,  grass,  feed 
profits  pr.Velidges,  improvements,  &  Comodities  thereupon,  therein,  or 
thereunto  any  way  appertayneing,  or  that  may  at  any  time  hereafter  be 
procured  &  atained,  from  all  the  p.*mesis  or  any  part,  or  parcell  thereof 
whatsoever  TO  HAVE  &  TO  HOLD  to  him,  my  sayd  Son  William 
Avery  as  a  good  inheritance,  in  fee  Sim^e  to  him,  His  Heyers,  ex- 
ecuto."'*  Adminestrato''  &  Assignes  in  peaceable  Possession  forever,  free, 
Acquitt  &  discharged  of  &  from  all  &  all  manner  of  Debts,  Mortgages, 
Leases,  Entayles.  Dowrys,  Titles  of  Dowry  &  all  other  Locall  MoUesta- 
tions  &  encumberances  whatsoever,  from,  by,  or  under  us  or  any  of  us, 
we  the  sayd  William  or  my  Heyers  or  successers.  And  I  do  herewith 
Render  &  give  Seizur  &  Lawful  Posession  of  all  the  above  described 
p^mises  &  do  further  promis  to  do  any  further  Act,  jor  Acts  things  or 
things  do,  or  may  any  way  tend  to  the  more  full  confirmation  &  Loyall 
asurance  of  all  the  above  demised  p.^mises  whensoever  I  am  Reasonably 
requested  thereunto.  In  Witnes  to  &  for  full  Confirmation  of  all  the 
above  demised  p.^mises,  I  the  Sayd  William  Avery  Sen^  have  hereunto 
set  my  hand  &  afixed  my  seale  in  y«  year  one  Thousand  six  hundred 
Eighty  one,  the  i6*^  of  March. 

Read,  Signed, 
Sealed  &  Delivered 
in  P.*sence  of 

Daniell  ffisher  WlLU  AvERY  [seal.] 

Jn°  Woodmansey 
Mr.  William  Avery  acknowledged  this  Instrume.°*  to  be  his  Act  and 
Deed,  this  16*'*  March  168 1/2. 

Mrs.  Mary  Avery  did  at  the  same  time  resigne  &  disclaim  all  her  nght 
&  Title  in  the  p^mises. 

before  Sam""  Norwell  Assist,    (Sign**). 

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The  following  is  a  copy  of  the 

WILL    OF    WILLIAM    AVERY*    OF    DEDHAM,    MASS. 
In  Probate  Office,  Boston,  Mass.,  15^  October,  1683 

I,  William  Avery,  resident  of  Boston,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  of  y* 
Massachusetts  Colony  in  New  England,  practitioner  in  physick  and  aged 
about  61  years,  being  through  God's  goodness  of  sound  judgment  and 
memory,  yet  weak  in  body  and  expecting  my  great  change  quickly,  do 
constitute  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  as  followeth,  viz: 

Imprim.  That  after  my  decease  my  body  shall  be  with  decent  buryal 
interred,  at  y*  discretion  of  my  executors  and  that  all  my  just  debts  and 
funerall  expenses  shall  duly  and  Seasonably  paid. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  dear  and  loving  Wife  Mary,  the  summe  of  one 
hundred  pounds  of  currant  mony  of  New  England  as  I  promised  upon 
marriage  with  her  and  which  is  now  in  her  hand.  Also  I  do  give  unto  my 
said  Wife  during  her  life  the  use  of  y*  part  of  my  housing  and  lands  in 
Dedham  in  y"  county  aforesaid,  which  are  served  in  my  son  Jonathan's 
deed,  and  the  use  of  halfe  my  Island  meadow,  reserved  in  my  son  Robert's 
deed,  together  with  the  use  of  a  bed  and  furniture. 

Item.  I  do  give  and  bequeathe  to  my  daughter  Mary  Tisdale,  one 
hundred  pounds  in  mony  or  goods  at  mony  price  to  be  paid  within  three 
years  after  my  decease,  and  my  will  is  y*  what  she  hath  already  received 
shall  be  reckoned  as  part  of  it. 

//.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  two  sons-in-law,  William  Sumner  and 
Benjamin  Dyer,  twenty  pounds  apiece,  accounting  that  which  each  of 
them  hath  received  already  as  a  part  of  this  legacy  to  them.  And  further 
my  will  is,  that  in  case  my  share  in  certain  mines  shall  prove  profitable, 
then  yy  shall  have  twenty  pounds  apiece  more  paid  them  by  my  Executors 
at  and  upon  y*  advice  of  my  overseers  yy  judging  them  to  be  so  profitable 
as  y*  there  is  reason  for  the  same. 

It.  My  Will  is  y*  my  son  Jonathan  shall  have  my  two  Stills,  all  my 
Physick  books  and  instruments,  he  allowing  twenty  pounds  to  my  Ex- 
ecutors for  y"  same. 

//.  Concerning  my  part  in  several  mines  my  Will  is,  that  after  all 
necessary  charges  laid  out  or  to  be  laid  out  upon  them  be  equally  satis- 
fyed,  then  the  profit  or  income  of  them,  while  my  wife  lives,  shall  be 
divided  to  her  and  to  my  four  children,  William,  Robert  and  Jonathan 
Avery  and  Mary  Tisdale,  and  after  my  wife's  decease  shall  be  divided 
among  my  said  children;  and  my  Will  is,  that  in  all  these  divisions  my 
son  William  shall  have  a  double  share  and  the  rest  each  of  them,  a  single 
share  or  equal  share.  Further,  my  Will  is,  that  a  third  part  of  all  the 
profit  y*  shall  arise  to  any  and  all  my  children  from  the  said  mines  shall 
be  improved  for  publick  and  charitable  uses  according  to  their  own  dis- 
cretion. And  my  Will  is,  that  it  shall  remain  with  them  from  time  to 
time,  their  heirs  or  successors,  that  all  necessary  charges  deducted,  a 

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third  part  of  y®  profit  of  y"  mine  aforesaid,  shall  be  for  publick  and  char- 
itable use.  It.  I  do  nominate  and  appoint  my  three  sons,  William, 
Robert  and  Jonathan,  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 
And  do  will  y*  what  I  have  already  given  them,  by  deeds  or  otherwise 
shall  be  reckoned  as  their  several  portions.  Only  my  Will  is  y*  in  case 
there  shall  be  any  estate  remaining  after  all  debts  and  legacies  above  be- 
queathed be  paid,  then  my  son  William  shall  have  thirty  pounds  more  to 
make  him  up  a  double  share.  And,  if  afterward  there  be  anything  re- 
maining, it  shall  be  equally  divided  among  my  four  children.  Finally,  I 
do  nominate  and  request  my  worthy  friends  Mr.  John  Wilson  of  Medfield 
and  Mr.  William  Adams  of  Dedham,  to  be  my  overseers  to  give  advice 
and  their  help  to  my  Executors  as  yy  shall  need  in  reference  to  this  my  last 
Will  and  I  do  appoint,  y*  j-y  shall  have  each  of  them  fourty  shillings  paid 
them  by  my  executors,  within  three  months  after  my  decease,  besides, 
honest  satisfaction  for  any  necessary  labor  may  be  expended  by  them 
hereabout. 

And  in  testimony  of  my  ordaining  and  constituting  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament.  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  fifteenth  day 
of  October,  in  y^  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty 
three. 

Signed  and  sealed 
in  presence  of  us 
Samuel  lane 

Samuel  Fearrin.  William  Avery  [seal] 

Sealed  Published  and  confirmed  by  Mr.  William  Avery  to  be  his  last 
Will  and  Testament  the  13*^  of  March,  1686/7  in  the  presence  of  us 

William  Haberfild, 
John  Higgs, 
James  Woodmansey 


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R 


ROBERT   AVERY" 

OBERT  AVERY*  second  son  of  Dr.  William  Avery^  and 
Margaret  Avery,  was  baptized  in  Barkham,  Berks,  Eng- 
land, December  7*\  1649,  and  was  brought  to  America  by  his 
parents  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Dedham.  Married,  1676,  Eliza- 
beth Lane,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  daughter  of  Job  and  Sarah  Boyce 
Lane.  He  died,  Dedham,  October  3'^  1722.  She  died,  Dedham, 
October  21**,  1746. 

CHILDREN 

I  Elizabeth',  bom  December  2i'*,  1677,  Dedham.  Married,  August 
6*'',  1697,  William  Bullard,  of  Dedham,  born  May  19*^,  1673.  She  died 
January  28*'',  1746-7.  He  died  February  g^^,  1746-7.  They  had  five 
children. 

n  Rachels  bom  September  7*'',  1679,  Dedham.  Married,  May  14*'', 
1702,  Michael  Dwight,  born  1679,  of  Dedham.  She  died  1775.  He  died 
1761.    They  had  six  children. 

HI  Robert',  bom  November  28*^,  1681,  Dedham,  died  August  21"*, 
1723. 

IV  John',  bom  February  4*^  1685-6,  Dedham  (Harvard,  1706). 
Married,  November  23"*,  1710,  Ruth  Little,  of  Marshfield,  Mass.,  bom 
November  23"*,  1686.  He  died  April  23'^'^,  1754.  She  died  October  i'*, 
1732.    They  had  ten  children.     See  forward. 

V  Jonathan',  bom  January  20*'',  1694-5,  Dedham.  Married, 
February  i'*,  1721-2,  Lydia  Healy.    They  had  eight  children. 

VI  Abigail',  bom  May  8*'',  1699,  Dedham.  Married,  June  5*^  1722, 
John  Richards.    They  had  six  children. 

Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery,  died  October  21"*,  1746,  leaving  five 
children,  thirty  grandchildren,  and  fifty-two  great  grandchildren, 
and  two  great,  great  grandchildren.  Her  tombstone  reads  as 
follows : 

"  Here  lyes  Buried  y"  Body 

of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Avery 

Widow  of  Ensign  Robert 

Avery.     She  died  Oct 

y«  2i«*  A.  D.  1746 

^  in  y"  9i»*  year  of 

her  age." 

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His  stone  in  Dedham  cemetery  is  inscribed  thus: 

"Here  Lyes  Buried  y*"  Body  of  Ensigne  Robert  Avery,  who  Dec**  Oct. 
y«  4*'»  1722  in  y"  73^  year  of  his  age." 

The  inventory  of  Robert  Avery's  estate  was  as  follows: 

Personal,  £189      18       ii 

Real  36  acres,  ] 

4  do.,  I 

and  saw  mill  divided,  j  163 


£352       18       II 

Inventory  of  personal  estate  of  Robert  Avery*,  taken  December 
27,  1722. 

Smith's  tools,  Anvill,  Vice,  Grindstone  and  crank.  Great  Seal  Beam, 
three  great  hammers,  a  number  of  tongs,  shears,  3  small  hammers,  Man- 
drill old  tools  Bellows.     £22.15. 

Cattel  —  2  Oxen,  a  mare,  2  HefFers  coming  4  years  old,  2  more  coming 
3  years,  5  cows,  2  young  hefF,  a  sow,  a  pigg,  12  piggs.    £54.10.0. 

Michael  Dwight,  his  son-in-law,  was  administrator  of  the 
estate. 

Robert  Avery^  in  his  deed  of  gift  of  most  of  his  property  to  his 
eldest  son  Robert®,  mentions  "two  parcels  of  Land  both  lying 
within  the  township  of  Dedham  —  one  parcel  contains  eighteen 
acres,"  etc.,  "bounded  upon  the  swamp  commonly  called  the 
Dead  swamp  towards  the  South,"  etc. 

"The  other  contains  fourteen  acres  and  a  half,"  etc.,  etc.,  "and 
is  bounded  w*^  land  of  Benjamin  Onion  towards  the  South;  land 
of  said  Robert  Avery,  Jr.,  East  and  West;  and  with  the  church 
land  and  land  of  Joseph  Wight  towards  the  North,  or  however 
otherwise  bounded,"  etc.,  etc.  The  deed,  from  which  the  above 
are  only  extracts,  bears  date  (Feb.  I3*^  1712/3)  "thirteenth  day 
of  February,  Anno  Domini  1712,  in  the  tenth  year  of  the  Reign  of 
our  Sovereign  Lady  Ann,  of  Great  Britain,  Queen." 


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JOHN  AVERY* 

JOHN  AVERYS*  second  son  of  Robert  Avery^  and  Elizabeth 
(Lane)  Avery,  was  born  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  February  4*^ 
1685-6.  Married,  November  23 '^  1710,  Ruth  Little,  born, 
Marshfield,  Mass.,  November  23 '^  1686,  eldest  daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Mary  (Sturtevant)  Little  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Richard  Warren  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  November  II*^ 
1620.  He  died  April  23'«»,  i7S4-t  She  died  October  i«*,  1732. 
Sef  page  134,  Richard  Warren  and  Family. 

CHILDREN 

I  John%  bom  August  2\^y  17".  Truro,  Mass.  (Harvard,  1731)- 
Married,  June  13*'',  1734,  Mary  Deming,  of  Boston.  Bom  1706.  He 
died  March  3i'S  1796.  She  died  December  2"^  1763.  They  had  six 
children. 

II  Ephraim%  bom  April  22"^  1713,  Truro  (Harvard,  1730-  Mar- 
ried, September  21"*,  1738,  Deborah  Loth  top,  of  Pomfret,  Conn.,  born 
January  9*^  1716-17.  He  died  October  20*^  1754.!  She  died  October 
14^,  1777.    They  had  nine  children.     See  forward. 

III  Ruth%  born  July  26**',  1715,  Truro.  Married  September  6*\ 
1733,  Rev.  Jonathan  Parker,  of  Plympton,  Mass.,  born  1705.  She  died 
May  I7*^  1745.    He  died  April  24*S  1776.    They  had  five  children. 

IV  Elizabeth%  bom  March  s*'',  1716-17,  Truro.  Married  John 
Draper,  of  Boston.    They  had  one  child. 

V  Robert^  born  May  26*'',  1719,  Truro.  Married  Anna  Cushman. 
He  died  1775  (letters  of  administration  granted  September  I3*\  I77S)« 
"Killed  in  battle  at  sea."    They  had  eight  children. 

•  John  Avery*  married,  July  3"*,  1733,  for  his  second  wife,  Ruth,  third  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Freeman)  Knowles,  of  Eastham,  granddaughter  of  Hon. 
John  Freeman,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Gov.  Prince.  Hence  his  second  wife, 
as  his  first,  was  of  Pilgrim  stock.  She  was  bom  November,  1694.  Died  November 
1**,  1745.  He  married,  third,  June  24**,  1748,  Mrs.  Mary  Rotch,  widow  of  William 
Rotch,  of  Provincetown  and  Boston. 

t  It  is  a  singular  fact  that  father,  son,  and  grandson  all  died  the  same  year. 
Rev.  John  Avery*  died  in  Truro,  Mass.,  April  23^^,  1754,  aged  69.  Rev.  Ephraim 
Avery'  died  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  October  20"",  1754,  aged  41,  and  Septimus 
Avery*  died  October  10*,  1754,  aged  5  years. 

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VI  Job%  bom  April  6^^,  1721,  Truro.    Died  May  9*'',  1722. 

VII  Job^  born  January  Hti",  1722-3,  Truro.  Married,  December 
30*^  1742,  Jane  Thatcher,  of  Eastham,  Mass.  He  died  January  2"^ 
1785.  She  died  November  8*^  1812,  Natick,  Mass.  They  had  nine 
children.  * 

VIII  Mary%  born  January  ig^\  1724-S,  Truro.  Married  Mr. 
West. 

IX  AbigaiP,  bom  June  i^\  1727,  Truro.  Married,  May  28*^  1745, 
Elisha  Lothrop  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  brother  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery's' 
wife.     They  had  six  children. 

X  Ann^  bom  July  6*'*,  1729,  Truro.    Died  August  25***,  1747. 


WILL    OF    JOHN    AVERY* 

By  the  Will  of  God,  Amen,  the  eighteenth  day  of  January,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty-four,  I,  John  Avery 
of  Truro,  in  the  County  of  Barnstable,  in  the  Province  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  in  New  England,  Clerk,  being  in  a  weak  and  low  condition 
as  to  bodily  health,  yet  thanks  be  to  God,  for  that  measure  of  under- 
standing and  memory  that  I  yet  enjoy,  therefore  calling  to  mind  what 
the  servant  of  God  says;  Job  30:  23  —  I  know  that  thdu  wilt  bring  me  to 
Death,  and  to  the  house  appointed  for  all  Living.  I  think  it  therefore 
proper  for  me  to  settle  the  affairs  of  my  body  and  soul,  that  when  my 
great  change  cometh,  I  may  have  only  this  to  say,  viz.,  to  resign  my  soul 
into  the  hands  of  God,  whose  I  am,  and  with  whom  I  Desire  to  dwell 
forever.  I  do  therefore  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament, 
that  is  to  say,  In  the  first  place  I  give  and  recommend  my  Immortal  Soul 
into  the  hands  of  the  Great  God,  my  Creator  and  Redeemer,  hoping 
through  the  Active  and  Passive  Obedience  of  Christ  my  Redeemer,  to 
Obtain  forgiveness  of  all  my  sins,  the  Justification  of  my  person,  and  an 
Inheritance  among  them  that  are  sanctified  by  the  Holy  Spirit;  and  as 
to  my  body  I  desire  it  may  be  decently  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my 
Executors,  hereafter  named,  to  remain  in  the  dust  till  the  General  Resur- 
rection, at  which  time,  I  believe  it  will  be  seminally  raised  again  by  the 
Mighty  Power  of  God  and  through  Grace  appear  like  unto  Christ's 
glorious  body;  and  as  to  my  lawful  heirs  of  the  Worldly  Estate  with 
which  God  has  been  pleased  to  favor  me  with  on  Earth,  My  Will  is  that 
my  beloved  wife  Mary  Avery  still  wait  upon  God  (as  I  hope  she  hath 
long  done)  to  order  all  things  for  her  who  hath  always  been  the  Widow's 
God,  as  well  as  Judge  in  his  holy  habitation;  Psal:  68,  5;  and  as  to  my 
beloved  children  my  will  is  that  they  take  care  above  all  things  to  get 

*  "April  17***,  1749,  gave  leave  to  Barnabas  Paine  and  Job  Avery,  to  open  the 
hedge  by  the  old  Try  Yard,  on  the  southerly  part  of  the  Indian  Neck."  Mr.  Avery 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  1763  to  1766,  and  town  clerk  and  treasurer 
from  1767  to  1770. 

He  witnessed  his  father's  signature  (Rev.  John  Avery*)  November  i",  1739,  to 
a  gift  of  land  to  his  brother  Ephraim.' 

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ready  for  a  dying  day;  that  they  don't  cumber  themselves  so  about 
worldly  things,  as  to  neglect  the  better  part,  but  Labour  to  get  durable 
Riches  and  Righteousness,  so  that  they  may  upon  good  ground  be  able 
to  apply  that  word  of  Comfort  to  themselves  in  Psalm  27-10,  When  my 
Father  and  my  Mother  forsake  me  then  the  Lord  will  take  me  up.  And 
as  to  my  Worldly  Estate  my  will  is  that  all  those  debts  and  duties  as  I 
do  owe  in  Right  and  Conscience  to  any  person  whatsoever,  be  well  satis- 
fied and  paid  in  convenient  time,  after  my  decease,  by  my  Executors 
hereafter  named,  and  as  to  the  Remainder  of  My  Estate  after  Debts  and 
funeral  Charges  paid,  I  give  and  bequeath  as  followeth;  In  the  first  place 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Mary  Avery,  (over  and 
above  what  she  is  to  have  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  agreement  with  her 
before  marriage)  the  use  and  Improvement  of  my  westerly  bedroom  and 
my  Study  appertaining  thereto  and  the  use  and  Improvement  of  my 
Woodland  on  the  Easterly  side  of  the  Highway  that  leads  from  Neighbor 
Eldreds  to  the  Meeting-house  in  said  Truro,  these  privileges  for  her  so 
long  as  she  Continues  to  be  my  Relict  or  Widow,  and  shall  think  fit. 

2"""'.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  son  John  Avery,  to  him, 
his  heirs,  and  assigns  forever,  my  Silver  Tankard,  and  forty-three  pounds 
sixteen  and  eight-pence  lawful  money,  which  he  has  already  received,  as 
may  appear  by  a  note,  under  his  hand,  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for- 
ever, said  Note  of  hand  in  Old  Tennor  is  three  hundred  twenty-eight 
pounds  fifteen  shills:  and  4d. 

^rdiy  J  giyg  3„(j  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  son  Ephraim  Avery  the 
note  of  hand  he  gave  me  before  the  year  1739,  and  also  all  the  money  he 
has  received  of  me,  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

4*'''''.  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  the  children  of  my  beloved  daughter 
Ruth  Parker,  deceased  namely,  Ruth  Bishop,  Jonathan  Parker,  and 
Avery  Parker,  all  the  Goods  and  household  stuff  together  with  my  Negro 
Girl  named  Phillis,  all  which  their  mother  received  of  me  in  her  life  time, 
to  them,  their  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  to  be  equally  divided  among 
them. 

^thiy  I  giyg  3^j  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  daughter  Elizabeth 
Draper,  all  the  goods  and  household  stuflp  she  hath  already  received  to- 
gether with  my  Indian  girl  Sarah,  who  now  lives  with  her,  to  her,  her 
heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

6*'''y.  To  my  son  Robert  Avery  I  have  already  given  by  deed  of  Gift 
my  interest  in  the  Town  of  Lebanon  in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut. 

7*'''^.  To  my  son  Job  Avery  I  have  already  given  by  deed  of  Gift  my 
Lands  m  this  Town  of  Truro  my  Dwelling-house  and  buildings  apper- 
taining thereto,  my  Pew  in  the  meeting-house,  as  also  my  young  negro 
man  named  Lamed,  nevertheless  it  is  my  will  that  my  son  Job  take  care 
to  make  out  to  Mary,  my  beloved  wife,  the  Priviledges  expressed  to  her 
m  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

8**''»^.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mary  West, 
forty  pounds  lawful  money  which  she  hath  already  received;  and  my  will 
IS  that  Six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence  lawful  money  to  be 

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paid  to  her  out  of  my  personal  estate,  to  her,  her  heirs  and  assigns  for- 
ever. 

^thiy  J  gjyg  2U(j  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Abagail 
Lothrop,  forty  pounds  lawful  money  which  she  hath  already  received, 
and  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence,  to  be  paid  to  her  out  of 
my  personal  Estate,  to  her,  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

Finally.  And  all  the  remainder  of  My  Personal  Estate  I  Do  give  to 
my  children  above  named,  to  be  divided  into  nine  shares,  and  my  will  is 
that  my  son  John  Avery  have  two  shares,  and  that  the  children  of  my 
daughter  Ruth  Parker*  (deceased)  have  one  share  in  unequal  partner- 
ship among  them,  namely,  that  my  Grandson  Jonathan  Parker  (who  has 
an  impediment  in  his  sight)  receive  one  half  of  said  Share,  and  that  my 
other  two  grand-children,  namely  Ruth  Bishop  and  Avery  Parker,  re- 
ceive the  other  half  share,  equally  between  them,  and  my  other  six  shares 
to  my  other  children,  above  named,  in  Equal  Divisions.  Moreover  I  do 
constitute  and  appoint  my  well-beloved  sons  John  Avery  and  Job  Avery, 
to  be  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  and  hereby  do 
utterly  disallow,  revoke,  and  disannul  all  and  every  other  former  Test'mts 
or  Wills,  and  bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  this  time 
named,  willed  and  bequeathed.  Ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no 
other,  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testament. 

In  Witness  thereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  Day 
and  year  above  Written. 

Signed,     sealed,     published     pro-  Further  it  is  My  Will  that 

nounced  and  declared   by  the  said        my  two  negroes  Jack  and  Hope 

John   Avery,  as   his   last  Will   and        have  the  Liberty  to  choose  their 

Testament,   in   presence   of  us   the        Master  among  all  my  children, 

Subscribers.  and  they  with  whom  they  choose 

Samuel  Eldredg,  to  live,  give  nothing  for  them, 

Moses  Paine,  and  that  they  shall  not  be  sold 

Nathaniel  Breed,  from  my  children  to  any  person 

Barzillah  Smith.  whatsoever,  and  this  wais  added 

before  I  signed  this  Will  and 
Testament. 
[seal]  John  Avery. 

The  "Inventory  &  Appraisements  of  sundries  belonging  to 
the  Estate  of  the  Rev.  John  Avery  (taken  at  Truro,)  May  3'**, 
1754   in   Probate  Ofl&ce,    Barnstable,"   discloses  that  the  total 

*  Extract  from  the  will  of  Dorothy  Parker  of  Mildenhall,  England,  dated 
October  10*^,  1649,  proved  April,  1650.  "...  he  will  bestow  what  remains  at 
his  death,  thereof,  upon  the  children  of  my  daughter  Sarah  Baylie  &  Elizabeth 
Avery."  "For  the  one  hundred  pounds  due  to  me  from  my  son  Avery,  for  which 
his  house  was  mortgaged,  I  bestow  it  upon  my  daughter  Avery  &  her  children 
To  my  son-in-law  Timothy  Avery,  &c."  fVater's  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  Eng- 
land, p.  7.  Possibly  this  Dorothy  Parker  may  have  been  some  distant  family 
connection. 

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valuation  was  £148-5-2,  of  which  oxen,  cows,  steers,  and  heifers 
were  itemized  at  £19-14-8;  Hbrary,  £13-1-4;  silver  spoons,  tea- 
spoons, porringers,  buttons,  buckles  and  broken  silver,  £11-11-10; 
feather  beds,  bedsteads,  curtains,  coverlids,  rugs,  etc.,  £17. 

"The  place  where  the  Pilgrims  encamped  the  first  night,  Wednesday, 
November  IS*^  1620,  was  known  as  Pawmet,  named  by  the  Indians. 
A  settlement  was  commenced  here  about  1700. 

"It  was  allowed  municipal  privileges,  October  29^^,  1705,  and  was  then 
called  Dangerfield.  July  i6*S  1709,  it  was  incorporated  by  the  name  of 
Truro,  the  present  name,  making  it,  at  that  time,  the  seventh  township 
on  the  Cape."    History  of  Cape  Cod,  Vol.  II,  p.  535. 

The  following  is  the  original  Act  of  Incorporation  of  the 


TOWN    OF    TRURO 

Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  SS.  An  act  for  making  Pawmet 
a  District  of  Eastham,  within  the  County  of  Barnstable,  a  township  to 
be  called  Truro. 

Whereas,  there  is  a  certain  tract  of  land  known  by  the  name  of  Paw- 
met, at  present  a  District  of  Eastham,  and  under  the  constablerick  of 
that  town,  consisting  of  about  forty  families,  and  daily  increasing  —  the 
said  land  extending  about  fourteen  miles  in  length  from  the  Province 
lands  at  the  extremity  of  Cape  Cod  reserved  for  the  Fishery,  and  the 
lands  of  Eastham  on  the  South,  and  running  northerly  as  far  as  the  lands 
called  the  Purchaser's  lands,  extends  over  the  harbor  named  the  Eastern 
harbor;  according  to  the  known  stated  boundaries  thereof —  the  breadth 
thereof  running  from  sea  to  sea  across  the  neck  of  land  commonly  called 
Cape  Cod.  And  whereas  the  inhabitants  of  said  district  by  their  humble 
petition  have  set  forth  that  they  have  built  a  convenient  house  to  meet 
in  for  the  public  worship  of  God,  and  have  for  some  time  had  a  minister 
among  them;  humbly  praying  that  they  may  be  made  a  township,  and 
have  such  necessary  officers  within  themselves,  whereby  they  may  be 
enabled  to  manage  and  carry  on  their  civil  and  religious  concerns  and 
enjoy  the  like  powers  and  privileges  as  other  towns  in  this  Province  have 
and  do  by  law  enjoy.  Be  it  therefore  enacted,  by  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernor, Council  and  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by 
the  authority  of  the  same,  that  the  tract  of  land  called  Pawmet,  described 
and  bounded  as  before  expressed,  be  and  hereby  is  erected  into  a  town- 
ship and  made  a  distinct  and  separate  town,  and  shall  be  called  by  the 
name  of  Truro,  and  that  the  inhabitants  thereof  have  use,  exercise,  and 
enjoy  all  the  powers  and  privileges  by  law  granted  to  townships  within 
this  Province;  and  the  constable  of  the  said  place,  for  the  time  being,  is 
hereby  empowered  and  required  to  warn  the  inhabitants  to  assemble  and 
meet  together  to  choose  selectmen  and  other  town  officers  to  manage  and 

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carry  on  their  prudential  affairs  until  the  next  anniversary  time  for  elec- 
tion of  town  officers,  and  the  said  inhabitants  are  enjoined  to  assemble 
and  attend  the  said  work  accordingly. 

Provided,  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  town  do  procure  and  settle  a 
learned  orthodox  minister  to  dispense  the  word  of  God  to  them,  within 
the  space  of  three  years  next  after  the  passing  of  this  act  or  sooner. 

Provided  also,  that  they  pay  their  proportion  to  the  present  province 
tax,  as  it  is  apportioned  among  them  respectively  by  the  selectmen  or 
assessors  of  Eastham. 

Boston,  July  i6*^,  1709.  This  bill  having  been  read  three  several 
times  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  passed  to  be  enacted. 

John  Clark,  Speaker. 

District.  —  This  Bill  having  been  read  three  several  times  in  Councils, 
passed  to  be  enacted. 

IsA.  Addington,  Sec'y. 

By  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  I  consent  to  the  enacting  of  this  Bill. 

J.  Dudley. 

It  will  be  seen  in  the  Act  of  the  Incorporation  of  Truro,  refer- 
ence is  made  to  having  a  place  of  worship,  and  having  had  for 
some  time  a  minister  among  them. 

Rev.  Mr.  John  Avery  was  the  first  minister  settled  there.  His 
name  is  first  mentioned  in  this  connection  as  follows: 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  town  of  Truro,  February  23"*, 
1709,  in  order  to  take  care  about  a  settlement  of  y^  public  worship  of 
God  amongst  them,  it  was  unanimously  agreed  upon  and  voted  to  invite 
Mr.  John  Avery  (who  had  for  some  considerable  time  been  employed  in 
the  work  of  the  ministry  among  them)  to  tarry  with  and  settle  amongst 
them  in  said  work  of  ministrie,  and  for  his  encouragement  and  support 
in  said  work  it  was  also  agreed  upon  and  unanimously  voted  to  offer  him 
sixty  pounds  per  annum,  and  twenty  pounds  towards  his  building  when 
he  shall  see  cause  to  build  himself  a  dwelling  in  the  said  town,  and  a  com- 
mittee was  chosen  to  inform  Mr.  Avery  of  the  town's  desire  and  offer  in 
the  matter,  who  accordingly  forthwith  went  and  delivered  their  message 
to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Avery,  who  gave  good  encouragement  of  his  accept- 
ance, but  left  the  result  till  he  had  advised  with  his  friends. 

Atust,  Tho:  Paine,  Clerk." 

Also 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  of  Truro,  convened  and  held  at  Truro, 
May  S**",  1710,  it  was  agreed  by  said  proprietors,  that  if  Mr.  John  Avery 
shall  proceed  to  the  now  proposed  agreement  of  the  inhabitants  into  an 

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orderly  and  regular  settlement  and  ordination  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel, 
and  shall  so  continue  for  the  space  of  ten  years  next  ensuing,  after  settle- 
ment and  ordination,  he  shall  have  five  and  thirty  acres  of  land  at  Tash- 
muit  alias  Clay  Pounds.  Tho:  Paine." 

It  was  voted  at  the  same  meeting  that  there  should  be  an  ad- 
dition made  to  the  thirty-four  acres  of  meadow  at  Tashmuit, 
formerly  laid  out  for  the  minister  who  should  settle  among  them 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

It  was  also  voted  —  same  date  —  "to  give  to  the  first  settled 
minister  in  the  town  of  Truro,  six  acres  of  land  on  the  north- 
easterly side  of  East  Harbor;"  and  "four  more  acres  to  make  up 
ten  acres,  which  is  reserved  to  be  given  to  Mr.  John  Avery  pro- 
vided he  settle  in  the  work  of  the  ministry." 

Three  weeks  later,  at  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  Mr.  Avery 
accepted  the  call  and  a  committee  was  chosen  to  draw  up  the 
following  agreement: 

AGREEMENT 

Whereas,  The  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Truro  did,  at  a  meeting  of 
said  town  convened  and  held  at  Truro,  February  23'**,  1710-11,  by  unani- 
mous vote,  call  and  invite  Mr.  John  Avery  to  a  settlement  in  the  work 
of  the  Gospel  Ministry  among  them;  and  for  his  support  and  encourage- 
ment in  said  work,  did  offer  him  sixty  pounds  a  year  salary,  and  twenty 
pounds  toward  his  building,  when  he  shall  see  cause  to  build  him  a  dwell- 
ing-house in  said  town,  and  sent  by  a  Committee  to  inform  the  said  Mr. 
John  Avery  of  their  desire  and  offer  in  that  matter,  as  by  a  record  of  said 
town,  bearing  date  February  23'^,  1710,  may  more  fully  appear;  but  the 
said  Mr.  John  Avery  deferred  his  answer  until  another  meeting  of  said 
town  convened  and  held  for  that  purpose.  May  29*'*,  1710,  where  said 
town  did  again  show  by  unanimous  vote,  their  earnest  desire  of  the  said 
Mr.  Avery's  settlement  among  them  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry; 
and  the  said  Mr.  Avery  being  then  present,  did  accept  of  said  call:  Where- 
upon said  town  chose  Thomas  Mulford,  John  Snow,  and  Thomas  Paine, 
a  Committee  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town  of  Truro,  to  make  a  full 
arrangement  with  the  aforesaid  Mr.  John  Avery  pursuant  to  their  vote  at 
their  meeting,  February  23'^,  1710,  as  by  the  record  of  said  town,  dated 
May  29t^  1710,  may  more  fully  appear  PURSUANT  WHEREUNTO. 

June  21**,  1710,  the  aforesaid  Mr.  John  Avery,  for  himself  and  the 
above  named  Committee,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town  of  Truro 
agreed  as  followeth:  that  is  to  say,  the  above  named  Mr.  John  Avery 
doth  agree  for  himself  that  he  will,  God  assisting  him  thereto,  settle  in  the 
work  of  the  Ministry  in  the  said  town  of  Truro;  and  the  above  named 

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Thomas  Mulford,  John  Snow,  Thomas  Paine,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of 
the  aforesaid  town  of  Truro,  do  agree  with  the  said  Mr.  John  Avery  to 
allow  him  for  a  yearly  salary  during  the  time  of  his  continuance  in  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  in  the  aforesaid  town  of  Truro,  sixty  pounds  per 
annum  in  money  as  it  shall  pass  from  man  to  man  in  common  dealings 
(or  in  other  merchantable  pay  as  it  shall  pass  with  the  merchant  in  com- 
mon traffic)  at  or  upon  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  March  annually;  and 
twenty  pounds  of  like  money  toward  his  building,  to  be  added  to  his 
salary,  on  that  year,  that  he,  the  said  Mr.  Avery,  shall  see  cause  to  build 
himself  a  dwelling-house  in  the  town  of  Truro,  aforesaid.  In  witness 
whereof,  the  above  named  Mr.  John  Avery  for  himself,  and  the  above 
named  Committee,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town  of  Truro,  have 
hereunto  set  their  hands. 

Signed,  JOHN  AVERY 

f  THOMAS  PAINE, 
Committer,  \  THOMAS  MULFORD, 

[JOHN  SNOW. 
"June  27***,  1710." 

"August  is*\  171 1,  the  town  granted  ten  pounds  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  entertainment  of  elders,  messengers,  scholars  and  gentlemen, 
at  Mr.  Avery's  ordination,  and  Lt.  Constant  Freeman,  Hez.  Purington 
and  Thomas  Paine  were  appointed  to  superintend  the  arrangements,  and 
agree  with  a  meet  person  to  provide.  It  was  also  ordered  that  Mr. 
Thomas  Paine  shall  have  three  pounds  to  reimburse  him  for  money  spent 
in  securing  the  Act  of  Incorporation,  and  the  services  of  a  minister." 

Mr.  Avery  was  ordained  November  i'*,  171 1,  as  pastor  of  the 
First  Church  in  Truro. 

The  charge  was  given  by  Rev.  Mr.  Nathaniel  Stone,  of  Har- 
wich; the  right  hand  of  fellowship  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim 
Little,  of  Plymouth  (brother-in-law  to  Mr.  Avery),  who  was  pro- 
locutor; hands  imposed  by  Mr.  Little,  Mr.  Stone,  and  Mr.  Joseph 
Metcalf,  of  Falmouth  (who  was  also  a  family  connection  of  Mr. 
Avery);  the  ordination  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr.  Avery,  from 
"That  text,  2d  Cor.  2-16,  who  is  sufl&cient  for  these  things."  It 
appears  to  have  been  the  fashion  for  the  learned  orthodox  min- 
isters to  preach  their  own  ordination  sermons. 

The  church  of  which  Mr.  Avery  became  pastor  was  an  off- 
shoot from  the  Eastham  church,  and  was  organized  November  !•*, 
1711,  the  day  of  Mr.  Avery's  ordination,  with  seven  male  members 
beside  the  pastor.  The  first  admitted  to  the  church  was  Ruth 
Avery,  wife  of  the  pastor;  and  the  first  baptism  was  that  of  John, 

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son  of  the  pastor,  November  ii*"*  of  the  same  year,  being  at  that 
time  three  months  old. 

The  first  reference  to  the  meeting-house  is  in  the  Act  of  In- 
corporation, July  i6**',  1709.  And  the  next  is:  "May  29*^  1710, 
it  was  agreed  upon  by  said  town,  that  the  town-treasurer  should 
as  soon  as  he  can  with  conveniency,  buy  a  cushion  for  the  pulpit 
in  the  meeting-house,  and  an  hour  glass,  and  a  box  to  put  them  in, 
and  to  pay  for  them  out  of  the  Town  Treasury,  and  the  selectmen 
are  hereby  ordered  to  add  to  the  next  town  rate  so  much  as  they 
shall  come  to." 

The  third  reference  is  nearly  two  years  later,  February  12*'' 
and  13*'',  when  a  road  was  laid  out  from  the  northeast  corner  of 
the  meeting-house,  to  go  near  northeast  through  the  woods  and 
to  come  into  the  road  that  led  through  Tashmuit  neighborhood 
where  Rev.  Mr.  Avery  resided. 

"At  a  meeting  May  22"^,  1713,  voted  that  the  selectmen  should  take 
care  to  have  a  convenient  piece  of  ground  cleared  on  the  north  side  of 
the  meeting-house  in  Truro,  for  a  burying  place,  and  the  charge  be  paid 
out  of  the  Town  Treasury." 

The  following  is  the  last  reference  to  the  first  Truro  meeting- 
house: 

"At  a  meeting  convened  and  held  for  the  choice  of  town  officers  and 
other  business  notified  in  the  warning  for  said  meeting  in  March  23"*, 
1719,  said  town  granted  liberty  to  Nathaniel  Atkins,  Thomas  Smith  and 
Jeremiah  Bickford,  and  such  others  as  shall  go  in  with  them,  to  build 
upon  their  own  cost  and  charge,  three  galleries  in  the  meeting-house,  in 
said  town,  over  the  old  galleries,  and  for  so  doing  to  be  admitted  to  the 
same  privilege  in  the  whole  house  with  the  first  builders. 

Witness,  Tho:  Paine,  Clerk  for  the  time." 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  by  these  references,  that  "a  meeting-house 
was  built  as  early  as  1709,  and  was  situated  south-west  of  Tash- 
muit (which  proves  the  original  locality)  and  that  the  grave-yard 
was  on  the  north  side.  That  in  1713  (which  is  the  earliest  date 
found  on  any  grave-stones  in  the  yard)  it  was  cleared  and  pre- 
pared for  making  interments,  and  that  in  1719  the  congregations 
had  so  increased  as  to  deem  it  necessary  to  build  more  new  gal- 
leries."   It  is  evident  then  that  this  church  was  the  one  in  which 

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Mr.  Avery  was  ordained.  The  next  year,  1720,  they  agreed  to 
build  a  new  meeting-house,  to  be  "twenty-two  feet  in  the  height 
of  the  walls  and  forty  feet  in  length  and  thirty-six  feet  in  breadth," 
for  which  object  the  town  appropriated  three  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  the  "house  to  be  built  and  finished  within  the  space  of 
one  year  next  ensuing."  No  reference  is  made  to  the  site  of  the 
new  building,  which  is  conclusive  evidence  that  it  was  built  on 
the  original  site.  It  stood  for  one  hundred  and  nineteen  years,  a 
conspicuous  landmark  to  mariners  of  Cape  Cod.  Mr.  Rich,  in 
his  "History,"  says:  "It  stood  near  the  south-west  comer  of  the 
present  graveyard,  facing  the  south,  according  to  the  customs  of 
those  days.  The  heavy  white-oak  frame  was  cut  on  the  spot, 
and  when  the  old  meeting-house  was  demolished  in  1840,  the 
timber  was  as  sound  as  when  raised."  August  14*^  1721,  the 
town  voted  to  sell  the  sites  for  pews  in  the  new  meeting-house; 
also  voted  "liberty  to  Mr.  John  Avery  to  build  a  pew  in  the  new 
house  on  the  left  hand  of  the  going  up  of  the  pulpit  stairs."  When 
this  house  was  taken  down,  the  Congregationalists  and  Metho- 
dists residing  at  North  Truro,  then  more  familiarly  known  as 
Pond  Village,  united  in  building  a  house  of  worship  there,  the 
pulpit  to  be  supplied  alternately  by  a  Congregationalist  and  a 
Methodist  pastor,  and  the  official  board  to  be  composed  equally 
of  members  from  the  two  societies.  It  received  the  name  of 
Christian  Union  Church.  The  communion  service  was  pre- 
sented to  the  church  by  Mrs.  Ruth  Avery,  wife  of  the  pastor. 

On  the  handles  of  the  tankards,  which  are  of  pewter,  is  in- 
scribed: "Ruth  Avery  to  Truro  C''^  1721."  The  cups,  which  are 
of  solid  silver,  are  inscribed:  "This  belongs  to  y*  Church  in  Truro, 
1730."  The  pewter  plates  are  very  large,  thirteen  inches  in 
diameter,  and  heavy,  bearing  the  stamp  of  "W.  Ellwood,  Lon- 
don," but  no  date. 

Mr.  Avery's  salary  as  a  preacher  was  sixty  pounds  a  year; 
this,  with  land  for  farming,  meadow,  plenty  of  woodland  —  which 
has  been  known  for  over  a  century  as  the  "Ministerial  Woods"  — 
together  with  his  services  as  lawyer,  doctor,  and  smith,  must  have 
yielded  him  a  large  income,  considering  the  times  in  which  he  lived. 

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In  July,  1723,  the  town  voted  to  add  ten  pounds  to  his  salary, 
making  it  seventy  pounds. 

Two  years  later  (1725)  they  increased  it  to  ninety  pounds  a 
year,  and  this  continued  to  be  his  salary  for  the  next  five  years. 

June  21**,  1730,  the  town  raised  Mr.  Avery's  salary  to  one 
hundred  pounds. 

Two  years  later  Mr.  Avery  was  called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  the 
wife  of  his  youth  and  the  mother  of  all  his  children.  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Webb,  of  Eastham,  preached  the  funeral  sermon,  which 
was  afterward  printed  in  Boston,  in  pamphlet  form.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  copy  of  the  title-page: 

The  present  Scope  and  future  Gain 
of  the  Christian  Life 


A 

DISCOURSE 

Delivered  at  Truro,  October  8,  1732, 

Occasioned  by  the  much  lamented  Death 

Of 

MtB.  JRutIf  Amtts 

The  virtuous  and  pious  Consort 

Of 

the  Reverend 

Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  there; 

Who  deceased  October  1,  1732 

In  the  46'^  year  of  her  Age. 

By  benjamin  WEBB,  M.A. 

And  Pastor  of  the  second  Church  of  Christ 
in  Eastham. 


P»AL.  xxxvii:  37.     Mark  the  perfect  man  and  behold  the  Upright, 
for  the  end  of  that  man  is  peace. 

Printed  at  Boston  in  New  England 

1733. 

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In  the  year  1747,  by  a  vote  of  the  town,  Mr.  Avery's  salary  was 
raised  to  two  hundred  pounds  old  tenor;  but  owing  to  the  depre- 
ciation in  old  tenor,  the  advance  of  his  salary  was  more  apparent 
than  real. 

To  better  understand  the  value  of  old  tenor,  we  quote  a  Sand- 
wich record  from  "Rich's  History": 

"In  1749  it  was  voted  in  Sandwich  to  extend  a  call  to  Mr.  Abraham 
Williams,  at  a  yearly  salary  of  400  pounds  O.  T.,  or  the  payment  in  mill 
dollars  of  £2,5  per  dollar.  So  in  1749,  one  hundred  pounds  were  worth 
about  ^44.00,  or  eleven  per  cent." 

During  the  winter  of  1752  Mr.  Avery  began  to  feel  somewhat  the  in- 
firmities of  age,  and  it  was  thought  advisable  to  procure  some  suitable 
minister  to  assist  him  in  preaching  the  gospel. 

"A  committee  was  chosen  to  converse  with  Mr.  Avery  respecting  an 
assistant,  andjit  was  agreed  to  give  him  £10  old  tenor  for  the  present 
year,  he  giving  up  the  right  to  the  parsonage  property,  both  wood  and 
improvement." 

The  months  slipped  by  and  still  Mr.  Avery  was  without  an  assistant. 
In  those  days,  it  is  evident  everything  was  settled  after  great  deliberation. 
"July  30*'',  1753,  it  was  agreed  to  give  a  call  either  to  Mr.  Charles  Turner, 
Mr.  Caleb  Upham  or  Mr.  Samuel  Angier,  to  preach  the  gospel  on  pro- 
bation." 

"August  13*'*,  1753.  Voted  by  the  Church  to  give  Mr.  Charles  Turner 
a  call  to  the  pastoral  work."  Also  to  give  £80  per  annum,  either  in  money 
or  merchantable  pay  as  it  shall  pass  with  the  merchant,  in  common  traffic 
and  the  improvement  of  the  parsonage  lands,  for  the  support  and  en- 
couragement of  an  orthodox  minister  regularly  called  and  settled  in  the 
Gospel  Ministry  in  this  place,  provided  he  allow  Rev.  Mr.  Avery  £13.68 
yearly  from  his  salary."     Rich's  History. 

Rev.  Mr.  Avery  was  faihng  in  health,  and  April  23"*,  1754,  he 
died  of  paralysis  after  an  uninterrupted  ministry  of  forty-four  years. 

As  he  was  born  February  4*^  1685-6,  baptized  April  27*^  1686, 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Danforth  of  Dorchester,  and  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College  in  1706,  he  could  not  have  been  more  than  twenty- 
two  years  old  when  he  first  went  to  North  Truro.  It  must  have 
been  earlier  than  February  23'**,  1709,  as  his  name  first  appears 
then,  at  a  town  meeting  held  upon  that  day. 

On  November  23"^,  1710,  he  married  his  first  wife,  Ruth  Little, 
of  Marshfield,  Mass.,  great  granddaughter  of  Richard  Warren, 
who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  1620. 

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Their  first  child,  John  Avery',  born  August  24*^  1711,  was  the 
first  child  baptized  in  his  father's  church,  November  II*^  1711. 

This  John  Avery'  and  his  brother  Ephraim',  born  April  22'*"*, 
1713,  graduated  the  same  year,  173 1,  from  their  father's  college, 
Harvard.  Twenty-four  years  after  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 
John  Avery*  as  pastor  of  the  Truro  Church,  he  preached,  Sep- 
tember 24*'',  173s,  the  ordination  sermon  for  his  son  Ephraim', 
the  first  minister  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Conn. 


GIFT  OF  LAND  BY  REV.  JOHN  AVERY*,  OF  TRURO,  TO  HIS 
SON,  REV.  EPHRAIM  AVERY^  OF  BROOKLYN,  CONN. 

Know  all  men  by  these  Presents  that,  I,  John  Avery  of  Truro  in  the 
County  of  Barnstable  in  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England,  Clerk,  for  Divers  good  causes  me  thereunto  moving  but  more 
especially  for  the  love  I  bear  to  my  son,  Ephraim  Avery  of  Pomfret  in  the 
County  of  Windham  in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut  in  New  England, 
Clerk,  do  hereby  Quit  Claim  and  Release  unto  my  said  son  his  Heirs  and 
assigns  forever,  all  my  right.  Title  and  Interest  in  and  unto  a  Certain 
Tract  and  Parcel  of  Land  which  I  have  a  Right  too  in  the  Town  of  Ash- 
ford  in  said  County  of  Windham  by  Vertue  of  a  Deed  of  Sale  under  the 
Hand  and  Seal  of  Isaac  Pierce  (?)  of  Eastham  in  said  County  of  Barn- 
stable; which  said  Deed  is  Recorded  in  said  town  of  Ashford  that  is  to 
say  all  my  right  which  I  ought  to  have  by  said  Pierce  (?)  Deed  except 
two  pieces  of  land  which  I  have  already  taken  up  by  vertue  of  said 
Pierce(  ?)  Right  and  is  Recorded  to  me  in  Records  of  said  Ashford  all  the 
Remainder  of  said  Right  I  do  here  by  Quit  Claim  and  Release  unto  my 
said  son.  To  Have  and  Hold  to  Him  the  said  Ephraim  Avery  his  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever  and  in  Confirmation  of  the  Premises,  I,  the  said 
John  Avery,  do  for  myself,  my  Heirs,  Executors  and  Administ"  hereby 
Engage  to  stand  by  and  Defend  my  said  son,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  in 
the  Quiet  and  Peaceable  Possession  of  my  said  Right  as  abovesaid  from 
all  Lawfull  Claims  and  demands  whatsoever  from  all  Persons  by  and 
under  me. 

In  Testimony  whereto  I  do  hereby  set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  first  day 
of  November  anno  Domini  1739  and  in  the  twelfth  year  of  George  by  the 
Grace  of  God  of  Great  Britain  King,  etc. 
Signed,  Sealed  and 
Delivered  in  Presence  of 

Job  Avery  John  Avery  [seal] 

On  the  back  of  the  foregoing  deed  is  endorsed  the  following  in 
the  handwriting  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery': 

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"By  virtue  of  this  Deed  I  got  300  acres  of  land  laid  out  and  Recorded 
and  sold  to  y®  Rev.  Jacob  Eliot  of  Lebanon,  but  found  afterwards  that 
about  ICX3  acres  of  it  was  laid  upon  another  man's  Lot  and  accordingly  I 
satisfied  him  y®  said  Eliot  for  it  and  he  by  an  Instrument  acquitted  me 
from  warranting  of  it,  which  is  Recorded  in  Ashford,  after  this  I  sold  the 
Remainder  of  my  Right  and  gave  a  Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  it  to  John 
Bugbee  of  Woodstock  w*^  was  Dated  January  24*'',  1748/9. 

(Signed)        Eph""  Avery." 

Job  Avery^  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Avery  and  when  he 
witnessed  his  father's  signature  was  but  seventeen  years  of  age. 
The  original  deed,  written  on  parchment,  in  very  fine  handwrit- 
ing, was  presented  to  the  Dedham  Historical  Society,  Dedham, 
Mass.,  by  Mr.  Walter  T.  Avery^"  (Columbia,  1832),  only  son  of 
John  Smith  Avery^  who  was  grandson  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery', 
and  is  the  only  known  specimen  of  the  Rev.  John  Avery's  hand- 
writing in  existence. 


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EPHRAIM  AVERY' 

EPHRAIM  AVERY',  second  son  of  Rev.  John  Avery"*  and 
Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  Mass.,  April  22'^*, 
1713.  Married,  September  21"*,  1738,  Deborah,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Deborah  (Crow)  Lothrop,  of  Pomfret,  Conn.,  born 
January  9»N  17 16-17.  He  died  October  20*^  1754.  She  died 
October  I4*N  1777. 

CHILDREN 

I  John',  bom  July  14*^,  1739,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  (Yale,  1761*).  Mar- 
ried, June  26*'',  1769,  Ruth  Smith  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  bom  May  5*'', 
1741.  He  died  August  20*'',  1779.  She  died  October  4*'*,  1779.  They 
had  three  children. 

II  Ephraim',  bom  April  I3*^  1741,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  (Yale,  1761*). 
Married  Hannah  Plait.  He  died  November  5*\  1776.  She  died  May  I3*\ 
1776.    They  had  six  children.     See  forward. 

III  Samuel*,  bom  April  13*^  1741,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Died  soon 
(twin  brother  of  Ephraim). 

IV  Samuel',  bom  November  7*'',  1742,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married, 
September  27**',  1784,  Mrs.  Mary  Roach  (Fillis)  Achincloss,  bom  March 
27*'',  1760.  He  died  January  30*'',  1836,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  She 
died  August  25**',  1848.    They  had  ten  children. 

V  Elisha',  bom  December  3"*,  1744,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married 
Eunice  Pumam.  He  died  January  4***,  1782,  Boston,  Mass.  She  died  (?). 
They  had  one  child. 

VI  Elizabeth',  bom  December  s***,  1746,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married, 
May,  1777  (?),  Rev.  Aaron  Putnam  of  Reading,  bom  1733  (Harvard, 
1752).  She  died  December  7*^  1835,  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.  He  died 
1813,  Pomfret,  Conn.  They  had  five  children.  (Rev.  Aaron  Putnam 
was  second  cousin  to  Gen.  Israel  Pumam,  who  married  the  widow  of  Rev. 
Ephraim  Avery^.) 

VII  Septimus',  bom  July  2i»*,  1749,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Died  October 
10*^,  1754. 


T  u  ,^y  * ''"^'"  coincidence,  John'  and  Eph^aim^  the  two  eldest  sons  of  Rev. 
John*,  of  Truro,  were  eraduates  from  Harvard  in  173 1.  And  John*  and  Ephraim', 
»h.  ta>»  .u..^.  . —  _r  D —   i?_L__:^  Avery'     <•  r.      • .        ^  -        -.r  •     • 

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jwwii ,  wi  1  luiu,  were  eraauates  irom  Harvard  in  173 1.  And  John'  and  Uphraim', 
the  two  eldest  sons  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery',  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  from  Yale  in 
1701. 


VIII  Deborah^,  bom  July  s*^,  1751,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married, 
March  4*^,  1773,  Joseph  Baker,  bom  December  I7*^  1748.  She  died 
1777.     He  died  (?).     They  had  one  child. 

IX  Ruths  bom  January  I3*\  1754,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married  John 
Brewster  of  Hampton.  She  died  (?).  He  died  (?).  They  had  two 
children. 

Regarding  Ephraim  Avery's  call  to  settle  in  the  work  of  min- 
istry, we  learn  from  Miss  Lamed's  "History  of  Windham  County, 
Conn.": 

The  church  now  (1734)  encouraged  the  Westlake  society  in  its  re- 
newed efforts  to  seek  for  a  minister,  and  pursuant  to  the  advice  of  the 
ministry  it  succeeded  in  securing  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery  of  Truro,  Mass., 
then  residing  in  Cambridge,  who  was  graduated  from  Harvard,  173 1. 
The  difficulties  and  differences  now  vanished  and  all  parties  were  sads- 
fied  with  the  gifts  and  abilities  together  with  the  conversation  of  the 
young  candidate  (in  his  22nd  year)  and  gladly  united  in  calling  him  to 
settlement.  Capt.  Joseph  Cleveland,  Deacon  Williams  and  Henry  Cobb 
were  appointed  by  the  society  to  treat  with  Mr.  Avery  who  in  view  of  the 
fluctuations  in  currency  then  prevailing,  agreed  "To  pay  him  yearly  six 
pence  upon  the  list  of  all  the  polls  and  ratable  estate,  until  it  amounts 
to  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  in  money  or  bills  of  public  credit 
to  be  fixed  with  respect  to  the  following  commodities  viz:  wheat,  rye, 
Indian  com,  beef,  pork,  sheep's  wool  or  flax;  or  that  the  salary  vary  ac- 
cording as  the  price  of  them  shall  rise  or  fall  from  the  present  year.  These 
terms  being  accepted  by  Mr.  Avery  the  prices  of  the  commodities  were 
thus  settled  June  17*^  1735:  wheat  ten  shillings  per  bushel,  rye-seven, 
Indian  corn  5,  beef  4  pence,  flax  is.  wool  3  shillings,  pork  6  pence  half 
penny." 

The  church  concurred  with  the  call  given  by  the  society.  The  work 
on  the  Meeting-house  was  now  hastened.  It  was  voted  to  build  a  pulpit 
and  have  pews  all  around  the  house,  only  the  place  for  the  pulpit  and  the 
doors  and  the  stairs  excepted;  some  years  passed  before  these  were  com- 
pleted. 

(The  site  of  this  Meeting-house  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  was  a  few  rods 
west  of  the  present  (1874)  Cong,  house' of  worship.)  Meanwhile  a  body 
of  seats  was  set  up  and  the  house  made  ready  for  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
Avery  (Wednesday)  Sept.  24*N  I73S-  AH  the  neighboring  ministers 
participated  in  the  service  on  the  occasion.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Coit  of  Plam- 
field  gave  the  charge,  Mr.  Wadsworth  the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  Mr. 
Cabot  the  last  prayer.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  father  of  the 
young  divine  —  Rev.  John  Avery  of  Truro,  from  2  Tim.  i  c,  11  v  — 
"Whereunto  I  am  appointed  a  preacher  and  an  apostle  and  teacher  of 
the  Gentiles."  The  ordinarion  dinner  was  prepared  at  Mr.  Jonathan 
Cady's,  two  miles  westward  over  Blacktofll's  Brook,  which  being  still 

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brideelcss  was  forded  on  this  occasion  by  all  of  the  ministers  ^"^^  ,""?'" 
seneers  The  prosperity  of  the    Parish   was   greatly  checked    by 

prevalent  sickness  and  mortality.  A  pleuratic  distemper  m  1 753  was 
followed  in  1754  by  a  malignant  dysentery  especially  fatal  to  children. 
Scarcely  a  family  in  Windham  County  escaped  the  scourge.  •  •  •  in 
Brooklyn  where  it  raged  with  great  violence  about  seventy  deaths  were 
reported.  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery,  still  apparently  the  only  medical 
practitioner  in  the  vicinity,  night  and  day  ministered  to  the  sick  and 
dying  till  he  was  prostrated  and  overcame  and  fell  a  victim  to  the  disease. 
The  death  of  this  excellent  minister  was  greatly  mourned.  ...  He 
left  a  widow  and  seven  children  (his  son  Septimus  having  died  October 
lO***,  only  ten  days  before  his  father). 

OBITUARY 

Extracts  from  sermon  at  the  funeral  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery: 

MOURNING    PIECE 

At  Brooklyn  in  Pomfret,  at  the  funeral  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery, 
October  22""*,  1754,  by  Ebenezer  Devotion,  A.M.  Printed  by  John 
Draper,  Boston,  1755. 

Job  XVII-I3  —  "The  grave  is  mine  house" 

Concerning  him  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery,  formerly  of  Truro, 
Mass.,  Pastor  of  this  flock. 

"During  the  time  of  his  public  ministry  which  was  the  time  of  my 
very  intimate  acquaintance  with  him,  he  appeared  with  a  peculiar  lustre 
in  the  various  relations  of  life  which  he  sustained  ...  As  to  his 
natural  endowments,  he  was  calm,  peaceable,  patient,  open  hearted,  free 
of  access,  sociable,  hospitable,  cheerful,  but  not  vain,  capable  of  un- 
shaken friendship  —  not  a  wit,  but  very  judicious,  not  of  the  most  ready 
and  quick  thought,  but  very  penetrating,  capable  of  viewing  the  rela- 
tion of  things,  comparing  them  and  drawing  just  conclusions  from  them. 
In  a  word,  the  Author  of  Nature  had  dealt  out  with  a  liberal  hand  to 
him,  humanity  and  good  sense.  As  to  his  acquirements  in  learning:  he 
was  esteemed  of  the  best  judges  of  his  acquaintances,  a  good  scholar,  a 
good  Divine  and  no  small  proficient  in  several  of  the  liberal  sciences. 

"  In  private  life,  he  was  a  hearty,  fast,  undisguised  friend,  no  less  so  in 
adversity  than  prosperity  —  not  capable  of  dissembling  friendship,  equal 
and  just  to  all.  In  his  family  he  was  the  courteous,  obliging,  tender  hus- 
band, the  kind,  provident  and  exemplary  father.  As  a  Christian,  those 
who  have  been  most  intimately  acquainted  with  him  are  witnesses  of  that 
humanity,  temperance,  sobriety,  gravity,  sincerity,  openness,  honesty, 
benevolence,  and  charity  which  have  appeared  in  him.    As  a  mbister  of 

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Christ,  he  was  an  example  to  his  flock.  His  preaching  was  judicious  and 
pungent,  well  adapted  to  enlighten  the  understanding,  convince  the 
judgment  and  reform  the  life.  It  was  his  study  and  his  care  to  feed  his 
people  with  knowledge  and  understanding." 

It  is  a  singular  fact  that  father,  son,  and  grandson  all  died  the 
same  year.  Rev.  John  Avery^  died  in  Truro,  Mass.,  April  zy^, 
1754,  aged  69.  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery'  died  in  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
October  20*^,  1754,  aged  41,  and  Septimus  Avery*  died  October 
io*N  1754,  aged  5  years. 

An  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery,  taken 
by  the  appraisers  under  oath,  January  2"'*,  1755,  shows  him  to 
have  been  worth  £8,984,  8s.  8d. 

The  following  are  a  few  extracts  from  the  Inventory:  — 

Case  of  Drawers  &  Desk  &  Dressing  table 
Library  £271.  2.  8.  Bed  &  furniture  £323.5. 
Wearing  apparel 
Silver  vessels 
2  Brass  Kittles 
•    Horse  taklin  £3,  Drags  £43.  Rakes  20s. 
House  land  and  other  buildings 
Wood  Lott 

1  yoak  of  oxen 
4  Cows 

2  Mairs  &  Colt 
I  young  horse 
4  HeifFers 

3  2  years  old 

Mrs.  Ephraim  (Lothrop)  Avery,  who  was  left  a  widow  October 
20*'',  1754,  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight,  with  seven  children,  mar- 
ried, November  21"*,  1755,  for  her  second  husband,  Mr.  John 
Gardiner,  5th  Proprietor  of  Gardiner's  Island.  The  ceremony 
probably  took  place  at  the  house  of  his  brother-in-law  (her  cousin), 
Dr.  Joshua  Lothrop  (Mr.  Gardiner's  first  wife  having  died  the 
next  day  after  Mrs.  Avery's  first  husband).  They  had  two  chil- 
dren. She  married,  third.  Col.  Israel  Putnam,  June  3"*,  1767- 
On  page  419  of  Chandler's  copy  of  "Pomfret  Records"  is  found: 
"A  marriage  was  solemnized  between  Col.  Israel  Putnam  and 
Mrs.  Deborah  Gardiner,  June  y«  3"*,  1767."  Miss  Larned,  in  her 

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£66. 

00. 

0 

594- 

7. 

8 

244. 

S- 

0 

60. 

0. 

0 

33. 

0. 

0 

47- 

0. 

0 

6,200. 

0. 

0 

300. 

0. 

0 

120. 

0. 

0 

170. 

0. 

0 

220. 

0. 

0 

40. 

0. 

0 

120. 

0. 

0 

60. 

a 

0 

"History  of  Windham  County/'  Vol.  II,  p.  6,  says:  "This  mar- 
riage gave  new  dignity  to  his  social  position,  bringing  him  into 
connection  with  many  prominent  families  and  with  the  eccle- 
siastical element  so  potent  in  Connecticut  at  this  period.  Mrs. 
Putnam  had  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  much  social  experience. 
Her  husband  was  the  most  popular  man  of  the  day.  Their  hos- 
pitable home  drew  throngs  of  visitants.  Every  soldier  passing 
through  Windham  County  would  go  out  of  his  way  to  call  upon 
his  beloved  Colonel."  Cutter,  in  his  "Life  of  Putnam,"  says 
"his  wife  Deborah  accompanied  him  in  most  of  his  campaigns  till 
her  death."  On  page  316  he  says:  "It  was  in  the  midst  of  these 
stirring  scenes  (1777)  when  burdened  with  public  cares,  that  Gen. 
Putnam  was  called  again  to  experience  the  heaviest  of  domestic 
afflictions  in  the  loss  of  his  wife.  She  died  at  his  quarters  about 
a  week  after  his  removal  to  Fishkill  [and  about  ten  days  after 
the  loss  of  Forts  Montgomery  and  Clinton],  and  it  is  not  im- 
probable that  her  death  was  hastened,  if  not  caused  by  the  ex- 
posure and  fatigue  incident  to  this  sudden  change."  In  recount- 
ing Putnam's  evacuation  of  West  Point  and  the  cause,  viz.,  his 
forces  having  been  greatly  reduced,  and  by  a  decision  of  a  council 
of  his  officers  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  maintain  the  post 
against  superior  numbers.  Cutter  says:  "It  was  determined  to  re- 
tire with  the  troops  to  Fishkill,  a  Post  twelve  miles  up  the  river 
and  to  commence  immediately  the  removal  of  the  stores."  Gen. 
Putnam,  in  his  letter  to  Gen.  Washington,  writes  that  his  wife 
"died  last  Tuesday  night"  (which  was  October  14*^  1777),  the 
letter  being  dated  at  Fishkill,  October  I6*^  1777  (which  was 
Thursday). 

Gen.  Washington  in  his  reply  to  him,  dated  October  19*^  1777, 
writes: 

I  am  extremely  sorry  for  the  death  of  Mrs.  Putnam,  and  sympathize 
with  you  upon  the  occasion.  Remembering  that  all  must  die,  and  that 
she  had  lived  to  an  honorable  age,  [her  61'*  year]  I  hope  you  bear  the 
misfortune  with  that  fortitude  and  complacency  of  mind  that  become  a 
man  and  a  chrisrian.    I  am  Dear  Sir  with  great  esteem        Yours  &c 

Geo.  Washington. 
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Cutter  says:  "In  the  same  dispatch  which  communicated  these 
afflicting  tidings  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  Gen.  Putnam  an- 
nounced the  surrender  (capitulation  signed  October  14***,  1777, 
at  8  p.  M,,  as  per  Gov.  CHnton's  letter  to  Gen.  Putnam,  dated 
Albany,  15*'*  October,  1777),  of  Burgoyne,  and  the  retaking  of 
Peekskill  and  the  Highland  passes  on  the  east  side  of  the  river." 

Bolton  in  his  "History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
Westchester  County,  N.  Y.,"  says,  "Mrs.  Putnam  [formerly  Rev. 
Ephraim  Avery's  wife]  died  October  14*'',  1777,  at  the  Highlands, 
North  River,  and  was  buried  in  Col.  Beverly  Robinson's  family 
vault." 

Gen.  Putnam*  died  May  9*^  1790. 

*  See  Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  pp.  50,  51,  68. 


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EPHRAIM  AVERY8 

Tj^PHRAIM  AVERY8,  second  son  of  Elphraim  Avery^  and 
^-^  Deborah  (Lothrop)  Avery,  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  was  born 
April  13*^  1741  (Yale,  1761;  King's  College,  1767).  Married, 
1762,  Hannah  Piatt,*  bom  1737.  He  died  November  5*^  1776. 
She  died  May  I3*^  1776. 

CHILDREN 

I  Hannah  Piatt',  bom  April  i6*^  1763,  Newark,  N.  J.  Married, 
Stephen  Barritt. 

n  Elizabeth  Draper',  bom  August  29*^  1765,  Rye,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Mr.  Church.     She  died  December  15***,  1799,  West  Indies. 

ni  John  William',  bom  May  24*'',  1767,  Rye,'N.  Y.  Married, 
November  16*^,  1793,  Sarah  Fairchild,  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28*'',  1773.    He  died 1799.    She  died  May  6*\  1837.    They 

had  four  children.     See  forward. 

IV  Elisha  Lothrop',  bom  November  27*^,  1768,  Rye,  N.  Y. 

V  Joseph  Piatt',  bom  March  24*'',  1771,  Rye,  N.  Y. 

VI  Deborah  Pumam',  bom  June  i"*,  1773,  Rye,  N.  Y. 

Bolton,  in  his  "History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
Westchester  County,  N.  Y.,"  says:  — 

Soon  after  the  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery'  left  college,  he  went  to  New 
Jersey  and  taught  school,  at  a  place  called  Second  River,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Newark.  Rev.  Isaac  Brown,  Newark,  in  his  letters  of  October 
6**',  1762,  and  April  6*'',  1763,  writes,  that  Mr.  Avery,  a  young  gentle- 
man graduated  from  Yale  College,  has  taken  care  of  the  school  at  Second 
River  from  December  l'*,  1761.  While  there  he  turned  his  attention 
to  theology,  and  was  considered  a  very  promising  young  man.  He  then 
went  to  England,  and  was  ordained  Deacon  and  Priest  by  Dr.  Hinchman, 
Bishop  of  London,  1765,  being  well  recommended  by  the  clergy  of  New 
Jersey  and  others,  and  found  worthy  by  the  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  was 
appointed  to  the  vacant  mission  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  by  Gov.  Cadwaliader 
Colden,  September  9*'',  1765,  Rector  of  Grace  Church  of  the  Parish  of 
Rye,  including  Mamaroneck  and  Bedford. 

*  Dexter's  Yale  sketches. 
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In  1767,  Mr.  Avery  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  King's 
College,  N.  Y.,  a  literary  honor  which  he  richly  deserved.  .  .  .  1774. 
Soon  after  this,  the  Clergy  of  the  Church  of  England  fell  upon  troublous 
times,  which  tried  to  the  utmost  the  firmness  of  taen. 

The  Revolutionary  War  broke  out,  threatening  an  utter  disruption 
of  the  ties  which  had  so  long  bound  the  Colonies  and  the  Mother  country 
together.  The  relations  of  the  Clergy  with  the  latter,  were  of  a  more 
close  and  enduring  character  than  those  of  almost  any  other  class  of 
men  .  .  .  they  went  on  steadily  with  their  duty  in  their  sermons; 
without  touching  on  politics,  using  their  influence  to  allay  political  heats 
and  cherish  a  spirit  of  loyalty  among  their  people.  This  conduct,  how- 
ever harmless,  gave  great  offence.  They  were  everywhere  threatened, 
and  often  reviled,  and  sometimes  treated  with  brutal  violence.  .  .  . 
At  Rye,  Mr.  Avery  was  a  principal  suiFerer.  His  horses  were  seized, 
his  cattle  driven  off,  and  his  property  plundered.  His  death,  supposed 
by  some,  to  have  been  occasioned  by  these  losses,  happened  soon  after. 
The  Society's  Abstracts  for  1776  say:  "By  a  private  letter  received  from 
Mr.  Ingles,  it  appears  that  Mr.  Avery  was  murdered  in  a  most  barbarous 
manner,  on  the  fifth  of  last  November,  for  refusing  to  pray  for  Congress, 
his  throat  having  been  cut  and  his  body  shot  through  and  thrown  in  the 
public  highway.  .  .  .  Tradition,  however,  reports  that  Mr.  Avery 
was  murdered  by  one  Hains,  an  Irish  Jesuit,  who  kept  a  private  school 
which  stood  upon  or  near  the  site  now  (1855)  occupied  by  a  carriage  shed, 
directly  opposite  the  Church  at  Rye.  It  is  said  that  frequent  discussions 
on  religious  topics  had  taken  place  between  them;  on  these  occasions 
Mr.  Avery  was  always  observed  to  maintain  his  argument  with  great 
coolness  and  moderation,  while  his  antagonist,  who  was  of  a  violent 
temper,  would  betray  the  worst  feelings.  Under  the  garb  of  liberty,  the 
murderer  waylaid  and  shot  the  innocent  and  defenceless  victim,  cut  his 
throat  and  dragged  his  body  into  the  highway.  But  the  conscience 
stricken  murderer  found  no  rest,  and  finally  removed  to  Ohio.  Not  long 
after  he  was  tried  for  a  second  murder,  and  condemned  to  the  gallows. 
According  to  an  account  of  his  execution,  published  in  one  of  the  Ohio 
papers  of  the  day,  —  on  the  bolts  being  drawn,  the  rope  broke  and  the 
unfortunate  man  fell  to  the  ground.  Then  he  entreated  the  officers  to 
spare  him  a  few  moments;  when  he  declared  that  he  first  shot  Mr.  Avery 
and  then  cut  his  throat.  .  .  .  Related  on  the  testimony  of  Mrs.  Wetmore 
and  other  aged  inhabitants  of  the  Parish,  who  have  heard  their  parents 
speak  of  Hains,  and  remember  to  have  seen  the  account  of  his  execution 
in  the  papers  of  the  day.  .  .  .  The  remains  of  Mr.  Avery,  with  those  of 
his  wife,  repose  in  the  burying  ground  belonging  to  the  church,  on  the 
opposite  side  of  Blind  Brook." 

On  21'*  January,  1766,  vestry  of  church  "allowed  to  Rev.  Ephraim 
Avery,  for  service  as  rector  of  Parish  of  Rye  from  August  27*''  last  to 
January  i'*,  1766,  £16-3-4,  added  for  3  days  8s.  6d.  and  raised  salary  for 
January  i**,  1766  to  January  i**,  1767,  sum  of  £50."    fowler's  MSS. 

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JOHN  WILLIAM  AVERY" 

JOHN  WILLIAM  AVERY^  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Ephraim 
Avery'  and  Hannah  (Piatt)  Avery,  was  born  at  Rye,  N.  Y., 
May  24*'',  1767.  Married,  November  16*'*,  1793,  Sarah  Fair- 
child  *  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  born  February  28 *^  1773.  He  died 
,  1799.    She  died  May  6*\  1837. 

CHILDREN 

I  John  William",  bom  September  24*'',  1794,  New  York.  In  early 
life  was  lost  at  sea  in  the  Jeanette. 

II  Elisha  Lothrop",  born  February  27*'',  1796,  New  York.  Married, 
1822,  Jane  Gunning.  She  died  September,  1837.  Married,  second,  April 
12*'',  1839,  Sarah  Coit,  bom  1807,  daughter  of  David  Coit  of  New  Lon- 
don, Conn.  He  died  August  3'*^,  1878.  She  died  February  12**^,  1892. 
They  had  seven  children. 

III  Samuel  Putnam*",  born  January  i**,  1797,  New  York.  Married, 
January  i'*,  1821,  Hannah  Anne  Parke,  born  April  24**",  1804,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Parke  and  Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke  of  New  York.  He 
died  July  24***,  1832.  She  died  June  26**',  1888.  They  had  six  children. 
See  forward. 

IV  Sarah  Elizabeth*"*,  born  November  3'*^,  1798,  New  York.  Married, 
1817,  E.  R.  Dupignac,  bom  December  i6*^  1794,  New  York.  She  died  (?). 
He  died  November,  1864.    They  had  four  children. 

John  William  Avery"  died  ,  1799,  aged  thirty-two  years. 

It  has  not  been  possible  to  gather  anything  touching  his  life  and 

*  Sarah  Fairchild  was  the  daughter  of  John  Fairchild,  bom  February,  1745/6. 
Married,  November  6***,  1768,  Elizabeth  Burch,  born  1751.  He  died  1790.  She 
died  1804.    They  had  nine  children. 

"Thomas  Fairchild,  Stratford,  one  of  the  first  settlers:  representative,  1659- 
60  and  often  after."    Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  Vol.  II,  p.  137. 

"Thomas  Fairchild,  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  bom  in  England,  died  in  Stratford 
December  14*'',  1670."  (Married  about  1637  Sarah  Seabrooke.)  American  An- 
cestry, Vol.  X,  p.  158. 

"The  original  township  (Stratford)  was  ten  miles  square  and  was  purchased  in 
1639  by  a  gentleman  of  the  name  of  Thomas  Fairchild,  who  came  out  from  Eng- 
land and  was  the  first  civil  officer  of  the  town."  Lippincott's  Magazine,  July, 
1879. 

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character.  A  granddaughter  remembers  having  been  told  that  he 
was  a  clergyman.  It  is  probable  that  he  was,  as  he  was  the  eldest 
son,  and  a  descendant,  in  a  direct  line,  of  three  generations  of 
Episcopalian  clergymen. 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY^o 

SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY/®  third  son  of  John  William 
Avery'  and  Sarah  (Fairchild)  Avery,  was  born  January  i"*, 
1797,  in  New  York.  Married,  January  i"*,  1821,  Hannah  Anne 
Parke,  bom  August  24*^  1804,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Parke  and 
Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke.  He  died  July  24*S  1832.  She 
died  June  26*^  1888. 

CHILDREN 

I  Samuel  Putnam",  bom  March  17*'',  1822,  New  York.  Married, 
November  24*'',  1844,  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  bom  December  i'*,  1825, 
daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  and  Katharine  (Conklin)  Ogden  of  New  York. 
He 'died,  New  York,  August  ii***,  1904.  She  died,  Hartford,  Conn., 
April  29*'',  191 1.     They  had  six  children.     See  forward. 

n  Hannah  Stanton",  bom  October  12*^,  1824,  New  York.  Married, 
May  2*"*,  1854,  Charles  Russell  Comell  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  bom  June  20*'', 
1806.  She  died  June  2S*^  1885.  He  died  September  I2*^  1866.  They 
had  one  daughter. 

HI  Susan  Jane",  bom  December  ii***,  1826,  New  York.  Married, 
December  5*^,  1850,  Stephen  Avery  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.  She  died  March 
I8*^  1912.    He  died  January  i'*,  1853.    They  had  one  son. 

IV  Benjamin  Parke",  born  November  11*^,  1828,  New  York.  Mar- 
ried, November  27*^  1861,  Mary  Ann  Fuller  of  Marysville,  Cal.,  born 
July  13*^,  1827.  He  died  November  8'^  1875,  Peking,  China.  She  died, 
San  Francisco,  June  9*'',  1913.    They  had  no  children. 

V  Mary  Rebecca  Halsey",  born  August  lo*^  1830,  New  York.  Mar- 
ried, June  7t\  1856,  Rev.  T.  De  Witt  Talmage,  bom  January  7*^  1832. 
She-  died  June  7*'',  1861.  He  died  April  12*'',  1902.  They  had  two 
children. 

V  Charles  Russell",  bom  October,  1832,  New  York.     Died  August 

5*N  1833. 


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SAMUEL    PUTNAM   AVERY*'' 

Original  silhouette  in  possession  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

Third  son  of  John  William  Avery'  and  Sarah  (Fairchild)  Avery,  born  January 
!**>  1797-  Married  January  i*S  1821,  Hannah  Anne  Parke,  born  April  24''',  1804. 
He  died  July  24''',  1832.  She  died  June  26''',  1888.  He  was  a  direct  descendant 
of  William  Avery*,  who  settled  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  in  1650,  and  Richard  Warren', 
who  came  in  the   Mayflower,  1620,  and  settled   in    Plymouth,  Mass. 


SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY" 

CAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY",  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Putnam 
'^  Avery^''  and  Hannah  Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  was  born  March 
I7*S  1822,  New  York  (M.  A.  Columbia  University,  1896). 
Married,  November  24*^  1844,  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  bom  De- 
cember I"*,  1825,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  and  Katharine 
(Conklin)  Ogden,  of  New  York.  He  died,  New  York,  August 
II*'',  1904.    She  died,  Hartford,  Conn.,  April  29*^  191 1. 

CHILDREN 

I  Mary  Henrietta",  bom  October  4*^  1845,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died, 
New  York,  April  7*^,  1900. 

II  Samuel  Putnam",  born  October  y***,  1847,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  See 
forward. 

III  Fanny  Falconer",  born  November  3"*,  1849,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Married,  February  15*^,  1881,  Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher,  of  Newark, 
N.  Y.,  born  October  27*'*,  1850.  She  died,  Hartford,  Conn.,  July  22"'*, 
1918.     They  had  four  children. 

IV  Henry  Ogden",  bom  January  31'*,  1852,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died, 
New  York,  April  30*^,  1890. 

V  Emma  Parke",  born  August  29*^,  1853,  Brookljm,  N.  Y.  Died, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  August  31'*,  1857. 

VI  Ellen  Walters",  bom  January  i'*,  1861,  Brookl)m,  N.  Y.  Died, 
New  York,  March  25*\  1893. 

Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  life  member  of  the  New  York  Genea- 
logical and  Biographical  Society,  died  August  11*'',  1904,  at  his 
residence  in  New  York,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  was  born 
March  17*'*,  1822,  in  New  York  City,  and  was  the  eldest  son  of 
Samuel  Putnam  Avery  and  Hannah  Anne  Parke,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Benjamin  Parke  of  New  York,  His  father,  who  was  in  the 
leather  business  in  New  York,  and  died  there  in  the  cholera  epi- 
demic of  1832,  when  only  thirty-five  years  of  age,  was  the  son  of 

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John  William  Averyof  New  York,  and  Sarah  Fairchild,  of  Stratford, 
Conn.,  and  grandson  of  the  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery,  rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  by  his  wife  Hannah  Piatt.  Rev.  Ephraim 
Avery  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  by 
his  wife  Deborah  Lothrop,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Deborah 
(Crow)  Lothrop  of  Pomfret,  Conn.;  who  was  the  son  of  Rev. 
John  Avery  of  Truro,  Mass.,  and  Ruth  Little,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Mary  (Sturtevant)  Little  of  Marshfield,  Mass.,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Little  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  by  his  wife  Ann, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Richard  Warren,  the  Mayflower  pilgrim;  who  was 
the  son  of  Robert  Avery  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  and  Elizabeth  Lane, 
daughter  of  Job  and  Sarah  Lane  of  Maiden,  Mass.;  who  was  the 
son  of  Dr.  William  Avery  who  came  from  Barkham,  County 
Berks,  England,  to  Dedham,  Mass.,  about  1650. 

Left  by  the  death  of  his  father  at  the  early  age  of  ten  to  make 
his  own  way  in  the  world,  Mr.  Avery  began  engraving  as  a  mere 
boy  in  a  bank-note  company,  where  he  studied  copperplate  en- 
graving, then  engraving  on  wood,  and  afterwards  edited  art  com- 
pilations of  his  own  selection,  sometimes  contributing  illustra- 
tions of  his  own  handiwork.  In  1865  he  entered  into  the  business 
of  commercial  engraving  and  art  pubHshing  at  the  corner  of  Broad- 
way and  Fourth  Street.  In  1867  he  received  the  appointment  of 
Commissioner  to  go  to  France  in  charge  of  the  American  Art  De- 
partment at  the  Universal  Exposition  in  Paris.  The  following 
year  he  abandoned  engraving  and  art  publishing  and  became  a 
dealer  in  works  of  art.  He  removed  to  No.  86  Fifth  Avenue,  where 
he  opened  a  gallery,  and  for  nearly  twenty  years  conducted  a  very 
successful  business  in  paintings  and  water  colors,  both  domestic 
and  foreign,  when  he  retired  entirely  from  business  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son,  Samuel  P.  Avery,  Jr.  During  this  latter  period  of 
business  activity  he  became  widely  known  as  an  art  connoisseur  and 
one  of  the  foremost  men  in  art  circles  in  New  York  City.  New 
York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society  Record,  October,  1904. 

The  late  Samuel  Putnam  Avery  lived  a  useful  life,  and  he  will 
be  widely  regretted  at  once  as  a  personality  and  as  an  influence  for 

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SAMUEL    PUTNAM    AVERY",    M.A. 

UNITED    STATES    COMMISSIONER    TO    PARIS    EXPOSITION    UNIVERSELLE,     1867 
BORN    IN    NEW    YORK    MARCH    I7,    l822,    DIED    IN    NEW    YORK    AUGUST    II,    I9O4 

Direct  descendant  of  William  Avery*,  who  settled  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  in  1650, 
and  Richard  Warren\  who  came  in  t\\e.  Mayflower,  1620,  and  settled  in  Plymouth, 
Mass.  Also  direct  descendant  of  Richard  Park',  who  sailed  from  London,  England, 
in  the  ship  Defence  August  10'^*',  1635,   and   arrived   at   Boston,   Mass.,  October 

3'^  1635. 


good  in  the  artistic  development  of  the  city.  Forty  years  ago, 
when  he  entered  the  picture  market,  the  conditions  of  aesthetic 
taste  in  America  were  decidedly  mixed.  The  sentimental  or 
humorous  anecdote,  painted  by  the  mediocre  artist,  was  quite 
as  likely  to  appeal  to  the  collector  as  was  any  masterpiece  of 
modern  art.  Mr.  Avery  was  a  man  of  common  sense,  and  so  did 
not  try  to  make  things  over  in  a  day;  besides,  he  knew,  what  we 
are  sometimes  disposed  to  forget,  that  even  the  painted  anecdote 
can  be,  on  occasion,  a  masterpiece.  But  he  had  an  instinctive 
feeling  for  what  was  best  in  contemporary  art;  he  realized  from 
the  outset  the  value  of  the  Barbizon  school,  for  example,  and  he 
was  of  great  service  to  us  in  bringing  really  good  pictures  into  the 
country.  More  than  one  noted  gallery  in  New  York  owes  its  ex- 
cellence to  his  share  in  its  creation. 

On  his  visits  to  Europe  in  earlier  days  he  established  friendly 
relations  with  scores  of  artists  since  become  famous.  He  was 
among  their  first,  as  he  was  among  their  most  discerning  patrons, 
and  as  a  result  there  passed  through  his  hands  or  remained  in  his 
possession  some  of  the  rarest  and  most  characteristic  productions 
of  his  time.  He  had  a  gift  for  discovering  the  unique  picture  or 
print,  the  most  interesting  personal  souvenir.  Ranging  far  outside 
the  boundaries  of  pictorial  art,  he  swelled  the  list  of  his  acquisitions 
with  beautiful  bindings,  porcelains,  and  divers  objects  of  artistic 
craftsmanship.  These  treasures  he  often  lent  for  exhibition  pur- 
poses, and  finally,  in  the  leisure  of  his  later  life,  bestowed  upon 
different  institutions,  so  that  while  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
left  his  home  still  full  of  beautiful  things,  he  had  made  in  one 
direction  or  another  a  remarkable  number  of  important  gifts. 
His  collection  of  etchings,  including  a  wonderful  array  of  Whistlers, 
went  to  enrich  the  print  department  of  the  New  York  Public 
Library.  Again  and  again  it  has  furnished  forth  a  notable  ex- 
hibition at  the  Lenox  Library  Building.  The  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art,  which  he  helped  to  found  and  which  he  faithfully 
served  as  a  trustee,  also  profited  by  his  generosity. 

But  the  extent  to  which  Mr.  Avery  benefited  the  many  artistic 
organizations  with  which  he  was  identified  has  already  been  noted 

[53] 


in  the  Tribune.  What  we  wish  especially  to  point  out  today  is 
the  fact  that  in  matters  of  art  he  was  as  cultivated  as  he  was  open- 
handed.  He  exerted  a  salutary  influence,  not  simply  because  he 
was  ever  ready  to  give  practical  support  to  an  enlightened  move- 
ment, but  because  he  reinforced  his  more  tangible  contributions 
with  the  counsel  that  comes  from  taste  and  judgment.  A  good 
citizen  who  was  also  a  connoisseur  has  been  lost  in  his  death. 
New  York  Tribune,  August  I4*S  1904. 

Of  the  large  class  of  those  who  are  interested  in  art  but  not 
actively  engaged  in  artistic  production,  it  is  doubtful  if  any  one 
person  has  had  as  great  or  as  sane  and  helpful  an  influence  upon 
the  art  of  America  as  Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  who  died  at  his 
residence  in  New  York  City,  on  Thursday,  August  11*^.  Trained 
as  an  engraver,  and  giving  early  proof  of  remarkable  taste  and 
skill,  he  abandoned  active  artistic  life  for  commerce  in  the  pro- 
duction of  others,  but  brought  to  the  new  field  the  natural  re- 
finement and  the  delicacy  of  imagination  which  would  have 
secured  for  him  great  distinction  in  his  original  profession.  His 
business  methods  were  always  clever  and  often  brilliant;  but  his 
most  intense  activity  was  uniformly  guided  by  a  natural  appre- 
ciation of  beauty  and  fine  workmanship.  Boldness  in  action  and 
perfect  taste  —  these  always  characterized  his  business  career. 
The  people  of  New  York  —  and  perhaps  it  is  not  too  much  to 
say  the  American  people  —  appreciated  these  qualities,  and  were 
glad  to  make  large  returns  for  the  faithful  and  expert  service 
which  he  so  constantly  rendered. 

When  in  the  course  of  a  long  and  happy  life  Mr.  Avery  reached 
an  age  which  made  active  endeavor  burdensome  and  unnecessary, 
he  brought  to  the  disposal  of  his  accumulations  the  same  quali- 
ties which  had  created  them.  Boundless  courage  and  great 
knowledge,  and  an  alertness  which  made  him  ready  for  any  emer- 
gency—to these  were  added  that  extraordinary  delicacy  and 
tenderness  of  temperament  which  made  him  not  only  a  great 
critic  and  connoisseur,  but  a  dear  friend  as  well. 

It  IS  doubtful  if  there  is  a  worthy  charity  or  a  well-managed 

[54] 


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public  institution  in  the  city  of  New  York  which  has  not  felt  in 
a  material  way  the  benefit  of  his  good  will.  Of  these,  however, 
the  Library  of  Columbia  University  has  been  most  kindly  cared 
for. 

The  Avery  Architectural  Library  is  a  most  characteristic  pro- 
duction of  Mr.  Avery's  genius.  The  profession  of  architecture  is 
peculiarly  dependent  upon  its  literature.  At  the  same  time  the 
cost  of  the  best  architectural  books  places  them  beyond  the 
reach  of  many  serious  practitioners.  This  became  apparent  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Avery  during  the  short  practice  of  their  son, 
Henry  Ogden  Avery,  perhaps  the  most  brilliant  and  promising  of 
the  younger  architects  of  his  day  —  who  had  gathered  for  his 
own  use  a  remarkably  valuable  collection  of  books.  At  the  death 
of  their  son  there  came  to  his  parents  the  thought  of  the  endow- 
ment of  a  monumental  architectural  library,  as  a  suitable  memo- 
rial; a  library  which  should  be"  easily  accessible  to  all  interested 
persons.  Having  made  this  decision,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Avery,  quite 
as  a  matter  of  course,  placed  their  great  resources  in  commission 
with  a  liberality  which  has  known  no  limit  except  their  own  good 
judgment  and  that  of  the  purchasing  committee  created  by  the 
foundation. 

To  this  library  and  this  work  Mr.  Avery  has  always  given  most 
freely  of  that  which  after  all  has  been  most  enriching  and  most 
valuable  —  himself.  His  very  last  message  concerned  a  gift, 
under  date  of  August  5*^  —  and  he  then  wrote  with  trembhng 
hand,  "I  am  a  much  sicker  man  than  you  may  imagine," 
though  every  other  word  was  cheerful  and  hopeful.  To  the  very 
last  his  interest  never  flagged,  and  his  generous  heart  beat 
strong  and  true  in  spite  of  a  keen  consciousness  of  failing  physical 
powers. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  14*^  simple  yet  impressive  services 
were  held  at  the  family  residence,  at  which  in  spite  of  the  mid- 
summer and  vacation  season  the  University  was  well  represented. 

More  enduring  than  on  bronze  or  marble  is  the  inscription 
which  he  has  written  by  his  life  on  the  hearts  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
Columbia  University  Quarterly,  September,  1904. 

[55] 


Whereas,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  a  member  of  this  committee  since 
1895,  and  of  the  Association  since  1882,  died  on  August  ii*^  1904,  and 

Whereas,  We  recognize  that  he  had  not  only  been  a  loyal  supporter 
of  the  cause  for  the  promotion  of  which  this  Association  was  formed,  and 
a  liberal  contributor  of  funds  for  the  carrying  on  of  its  work,  but  that  as 
an  artist  he  was  well  known  and  as  a  patron  of  the  arts  was  distinguished; 
further,  that  he  had  taken  an  intelligent  and  active  interest  in  public 
questions  generally,  seeking  to  bring  his  influence  to  bear  in  lifting  the 
consideration  of  such  matters  to  a  higher  plane,  that  though  he  rarely 
spoke  in  public,  his  influence  was  so  exerted  that  it  tended  to  promote 
the  public  welfare;  that  he  was  optimistic,  in  that  he  believed  matters  of 
"political  housekeeping"  were  susceptible  of  improvement:  that  he  was 
sympathetic,  especially  with  the  aspirations  and  strivings  of  the  young, 
and  when  he  gave  to  Columbia  University  the  valuable  Avery  Library, 
it  was  that  both  old  and  young,  but  especially  the  young  men  and  women, 
and  the  alumni  who  had  not  long  ceased  to  be  resident  there,  might  have 
close  at  hand  the  means  by  which  they  could  investigate  more  deeply  the 
arts  and  architecture  of  an  earlier  time:  that  he  was  a  philanthropist  in 
a  very  genuine  sense,  who  had  taken  to  heart  and  applied  the  saying  of 
George  Sand's  Jacques,  that  there  is  but  one  virtue,  the  eternal  sacrifice 
of  one's  self;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  this  Executive  Committee  consider  it  a  privilege  to 
place  on  its  records  and  directs  that  it  be  so  placed,  this  minute  indicative 
of  its  appreciation  of  the  quiet  and  unassuming  but  generous  and  fruitful 
life  which  Mr.  Avery  led,  and  the  high  purpose  by  which  his  career  always 
seemed  to  be  actuated. 

Adopted  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Civil  Service  Reform 
Association  of  New  York  at  a  meeting  held  September  28*^  1904. 

Mr.  Avery  was  for  several  years  Secretary  to  the  Art  Com- 
mittee of  the  Union  League  Club,  New  York.  This  led  to  the 
organization  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  of  which  he  be- 
came one  of  the  founders  and  a  leading  director.  He  held  many 
other  positions  of  honor,  having  been  a  Trustee  of  the  New  York 
Public  Library,  President  of  The  Grolier  Club,  Vice-president  of 
the  Sculpture  Society,  and  honorary  member  of  the  Architec- 
tural League  and  of  the  Typothetae  Society.  He  was  also  one  of 
the  original  committee  for  the  erection  of  the  Bartholdi  Statue  of 
Liberty  in  New  York  Harbor.  The  loss  of  his  son,  Henry  Ogden 
Avery,  a  talented  young  architect,  caused  him  to  found  in  the 
Columbia  University  library,  the  Avery  collection  of  architectural 
and  art  books  as  a  memorial.  This  contains  more  than  fifteen 
thousand  volumes  and  is  probably  the  best  special  library  of 

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works  on  architecture  in  the  country.  For  this  Columbia  gave 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  Nor  were  his  bene- 
factions confined  to  this  University.  He  gave  to  the  Lenox 
Library  seventeen  thousand  nineteenth-century  etchings  and 
engravings,  a  collection  which  he  had  been  accumulating  for 
nearly  forty  years.  The  Grolier  Club,  of  which  he  was  President, 
and  the  New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society,  of 
which  he  was  at  one  time  a  Trustee,  were  also  recipients  of  valu- 
able gifts,  and  one  of  the  collections  of  Oriental  porcelain  in  the 
Metropolitan  Museum  was  collected  and  given  by  him.  The 
New  York  Evening  Post  of  August  13*^,  1904,  in  an  editorial  en- 
titled "A  Public-spirited  Merchant,"  said  of  him:  "The  full  extent 
of  the  late  S.  P.  Avery's  usefulness  may  never  be  known.  Con- 
spicuous as  his  position  here  in  New  York  was,  he  gave  modestly 
from  the  surplus  of  his  collections  to  many  country  institutions, 
ever  fostering  the  love  of  art  in  its  feeble  beginnings."  In  March, 
1897,  on  the  occasion  of  his  seventy-fifth  birthday,  a  portrait 
medallion  in  gold  was  presented  to  him  by  seventy-five  citizens 
of  New  York  in  recognition  of  his  many  public  services. 

Samuel  Putnam  Avery  was  married  November  24*'',  1844,  to 
Mary  Ann  Ogden,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  Ogden  and  Katha- 
rine (Conklin)  Ogden,  both  of  New  York.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow  and  two  children:  Samuel  P.  Avery,  Jr.,  who  until  recently 
conducted  the  business  founded  by  his  father,  and  Mrs.  Fanny  F. 
Welcher,  wife  of  the  Rev.  M.  P.  Welcher  of  Brooklyn.  Benjamin 
Parke  Avery,  who  was  Minister  to  China  under  President  Grant, 
and  died  in  Peking  in  1875,  was  his  only  brother.  New  York 
Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record,  October,  1904. 


[57] 


BENJAMIN  PARKE  AVERY^i 

BENJAMIN  PARKE  AVERY",  second  son  of  Samuel  Put- 
nam Avery^"  and  Hannah  Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  was  born  in 
New  York,  November  II*^  1828.  Married,  November  27*^ 
1861,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Mary  Ann  Fuller,  born  July  13, 
1827.  He  died  November  S^\  1875,  Peking,  China.  She  died 
June  9*\  1913.     They  had  no  children. 

The  City  of  Tokio,  bearing  the  remains  of  the  late  Benjamin  Parke 
Avery,  was  telegraphed  fifteen  miles  out  at  7:50  A.  M.  yesterday,  and 
came  to  anchor  at  11  o'clock  oflF  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's 
wharf,  at  the  foot  of  Brannan  Street,  at  which  time  a  salute  of  seventeen 
guns  was  fired  from  Fort  Alcatraz.  The  remains  of  Mr.  Avery  were  sent 
in  care  of  Lieut.  H.  W.  Lyon,  U.  S.  N.,  who  was  detached  from  the  U.  S. 
steamer  Tennessee  and  detailed  for  this  duty.  The  body  was  embalmed 
in  China  by  the  surgeon  of  the  Russian  Embassy,  and  was  placed  in  an 
enameled  or  varnished  casket,  which  was  rolled  in  oil  silk  and  cemented. 
This  was  then  placed  in  the  outside  casket  of  teak  wood,  which  was  also 
varnished. 

At  2  o'clock  p.  M.  the  Committee  in  charge  held  a  meeting  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Art  Association,  Dr.  J.  D.  B.  Stillman  in  the  chair,  other 
members  of  the  Association  and  Dr.  A.  B.  Stout  from  the  Committee  of 
the  Academy  of  Sciences  being  present.  It  was  decided  that  the  body, 
attended  by  the  friends  of  the  deceased  and  the  Guard  of  Honor,  should 
be  removed  from  the  undertaking  rooms  of  Mr.  Gray  at  10  o'clock  this 
morning  to  Dr.  Stebbins'  church,  where  it  will  lie  in  state  until  the  funeral, 
which  takes  place  from  the  church  at  2  o'clock  to-morrow  afternoon.  Mr. 
Williams  of  the  Committee  reported  a  subscription  already  of  about 
.  ^5500  towards  paying  the  expenses  of  the  obsequies.  It  was  decided  also 
to  invite  the  members  of  other  societies  with  which  Mr.  Avery  was  identi- 
fied to  attend  the  funeral  at  the  church  in  a  body.  At  4  o'clock  the  Com- 
mittee with  a  few  friends  of  the  deceased  followed  the  casket  from  the 
wharf  to  the  undertaking  rooms  under  the  escort  of  Lieutenant  Reno  of 
the  Fourth  Artillery,  with  a  detachment  of  thirteen  men  from  Company  A 
of  the  same  regiment  from  the  Presidio,  who  will  constitute  the  Guard  of 
Honor  until  the  interment  takes  place.  The  eulogy  upon  the  life  and 
character  of  the  deceased  will  be  pronounced  by  Rev.  Horatio  Stebbins. 

[58] 


BENJAMIN    PARKE    AVERY" 

UNITED    STATES    MINISTER   TO    CHINA 

BORN    IN    NEW   YORK    NOVEMBER    II,    1828,    DIED    IN    PEKING, 
CHINA,    NOVEMBER    8'**,    1875 

From  a  photograph  taken  in  1866 

Direct  descendant  of  William  Avery*,  who  settled  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  in  1650,  and 
Richard  Warren',  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  1620,  and  settled  in  Plymouth, 
Mass.  Also  direct  descendant  of  Richard  Park',  who  sailed  from  London,  England, 
in  the  ship  Defence,  August  10*'',  1635,  and  arrived  at  Boston,  Mass.,  October  3'''^, 
1635- 


In  this  memorial  service  Rev.  Dr.  Hamilton  of  Oakland  will  assist.  The 
music  at  the  church  will  be  rendered  by  a  choir  from  the  Bohemian  Club, 
under  the  leadership  of  Joseph  Maguire. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  direct  the  obsequies  have  selected  as 
pall-bearers  the  following  named  gentlemen:  Major-General  John  M. 
Schofield,  U.  S.  A.;  Major-General  James  Coey,  N.  G.  C;  United  States 
Circuit  Judge,  Lorenzo  Sawyer;  United  States  District  Judge,  Ogden 
Hoffman;  United  States  Collector  of  Customs,  Thomas  Shannon;  United 
States  Naval  OflScer,  Edwin  G.  Waite;  ex-Governor  Frederick  F.  Low; 
ex-Governor  Leland  Stanford;  L  Friedlander,  President  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  and  Pay-Director  John  S.  Cunningham,  U.  S.  N. 

General  Schofield  made  a  requisition  upon  the  commander  of  the 
National  Guard  for  a  regiment  of  militia,  and  the  following  companies, 
under  command  of  Colonel  George  W.  Granniss,  have  been  detailed  in 
accordance  with  the  order: 

Emmet  Guard,  Co.  E,  Third  Infantry,  Captain  Robert  Cleary. 
MacMahon  Grenadier  Guard,  Co.  H,  Third  Infantry,  Captain  John 

H.  McMenomy. 
Sumner  Light  Guard,  Co.  E,  First  Infantry,  Captain  H.  J.  Bums. 
Franklin  Light  Infantry,  Co.  D,  First  Infantry,  Captain  R.  H.  Orton. 
San  Francisco  Fusileers,  Co.  C,  Second  Infantry,  Captain  George  Cantus. 
Germania  Rifles,  Co.  D,  Second  Infantry,  Captain  G.  D.  Von  Senden. 
.The  Sumner  Light  Guard  or  the  Franklin  Light  Infantry  will  accom- 
pany the  body  to  the  cemetery,  and  fire  the  volleys  over  the  grave. 

A  Tientsin  newspaper  of  November  23"^  says:  "The  remains  of  the 
late  Hon.  B.  P.  Avery  were  transferred  this  afternoon  from  the  United 
States  Consulate  to  the  United  States  steamer  Monocacy,  which  is  to 
convey  them  to  Shanghai.  The  procession  formed  at  3  o'clock.  The 
coffin,  covered  with  the  national  flag,  was  placed  on  two  gun-carriages 
sent  from  the  Monocacy,  and  drawn  by  a  company  of  twelve  seamen.  A 
guard  of  honor  from  the  same  vessel  consisting  of  eighty  men  preceded 
the  bier  with  reversed  arms.  At  the  right  of  the  coffin  were  members  of 
the  Consular  staff  and  two  Chinese  officials,  and  at  the  left,  the  com- 
manders of  the  men-of-war  in  port,  who  acted  as  bearers.  Following  the 
remains  were  the  British  Minister,  Mr.  Wade;  Mr.  Holcombe,  Acting 
Secretary  of  the  United  States  Legation  and  now  in  charge;  Consul  Shep- 
pard  and  Vice-Consul  Pethick,  as  mourners.  Then  came  other  naval 
officers,  the  American  and  other  foreign  residents.  While  the  procession 
was  forming,  the  United  States  Consular  flag  was  run  up  to  the  top  of  the 
staff;  just  preceding  the  order  to  march,  it  was  dropped  to  half-mast, 
and  at  the  same  moment  minute  guns  commenced  firing  on  board  the 
Monocacy,  and  continued  till  the  regular  salute  of  nineteen  guns  due 
the  rank  of  the  lamented  Minister  had  been  fired.  Mrs.  Avery  accom- 
panied the  remains  of  her  husband,  and  goes  to  Shanghai  in  the  Monocacy. 

Companies  from  the  English,  Russian  and  French  gunboats,  drawn  up 

[59] 


on  the  bund,  saluted  the  remains  as  they  passed  by,  presenting  arms  and 
rolling  the  drum. 

A  goodly  number  of  the  foreign  residents  of  Tientsin  were  in  attendance. 
Altogether  rather  an  imposing  spectacle  was  presented  to  the  interested 
gaze  of  the  Chinese  crowd  which  gathered  to  witness  the  ceremonies. 

On  the  I**  of  December  the  remains  were  landed  at  Shanghai  from  the 
corvette  Monocacy  and  removed  to  the  United  States  Consulate  General, 
where  they  lay  in  state,  awaiting  transmission  to  San  Francisco.  The 
only  ceremony  observed  was  that  the  naval  officers  superintending  the 
landing  were  in  full  uniform,  the  national  flag  was  dropped  half-mast  and 
minute-guns  were  fired.     San  Francisco  Chronicle,  January  25*'',  1876. 

God  rest  thy  soul! 
O,  kind  and  pure, 
Tender  of  heart,  yet  strong  to  wield  control. 
And  to  endure! 

Close  the  clear  eyes! 
No  greater  woe 
Earth's  patient  heart,  than  when  a  good  man  dies. 
Can  ever  know. 

With  us  is  night  — 
Toil  without  rest; 
But  where  thy  gentle  spirit  walks  in  light. 
The  ways  are  blest. 

God's  peace  be  thine! 
God's  perfect  peace! 
Thy  meed  of  faithful  service,  until  time 
And  death  shall  cease. 

Just  as  our  last  form  goes  to  press,  news  comes  of  the  death  of  Hon. 
Benjamin  P.  Avery,  United  States  Minister  to  China,  and  late  editor  of 
the  Overland.  The  shock  is  so  sudden  we  can  hardly  realize  our  friend 
has  gone  from  our  gaze  forever.  Have  the  cruel  wires  lied,  or  has  his 
gentle  spirit  passed  from  this  world  of  care  and  pain  to  "the  land  where 
all  is  peace"? 

Mr.  Avery  was  in  many  respects  a  remarkable  man.  He  typified  the 
ripest  fruitage  of  our  western  thought  and  culture.  He  was  essentially 
Califomian,  but  he  represented  the  finer  feminine  side  of  California  — 
California  in  those  gentler  moods  of  which  we  see  too  little.  He  had  the 
freshness  without  the  brusqueness  of  the  frontier  spirit.  Perhaps  no  one 
person  did  so  much  to  educate  the  people  of  the  State  in  the  right  direc- 
tion —  to  lift  the  thoughts  of  men  above  the  sordid  interests  of  the  hour 
and  the  mean  ambitions  of  personal  gain.  He  embodied  in  his  life  and 
character  that  spirit  of  a  broader  culture,  purer  morals,  and  loftier  aims 
which  constitute  the  basis  of  all  healthy  growth.  He  loved  California 
with  an  almost  idolatrous  love,  but  lamented  its  hard  materialism,  and 

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strove  to  make  it  more  worthy  of  its  great  destiny.  And  he  was  un- 
wearying in  his  efforts  to  elevate  and  refine.  The  hours  that  other  workers 
gave  to  rest  and  recreation  he  devoted  to  the  building  up  of  new  aesthetic 
interests  and  the  study  of  those  gentler  arts  that  uplift  society  and 
smooth  down  the  sharp  angles  of  our  western  life.  He  was  one  of  those 
rare  men  who  are  estimated  rather  below  than  above  their  true  value. 
His  modesty  made  him  shy;  and  some  people,  who  but  half  knew  him, 
made  the  mistake  of  thinking  he  lacked  force.  No  man  was  more  firm 
in  upright  purpose  —  could  be  more  courageous  in  the  assertion  of  honest 
conviction.  His  adherence  to  principle  was  firm  and  uncompromising. 
He  was  constitutionally  incapable  of  putting  a  falsehood  in  print,  or 
perverting  facts  to  partisan  uses.  His  pen  was  never  soiled  by  an  attack 
upon  private  character.  He  abhorred  with  all  the  intensity  of  a  pure  soul 
the  personalities  of  journalism. 

His  capacity  for  work  was  marvelous.  We  cannot  recall  a  journalist, 
with  perhaps  the  exception  of  the  late  Henry  J.  Raymond,  who  could 
write  so  rapidly,  yet  so  pointedly  and  correctly.  His  well-stored  mind 
poured  forth  its  treasures  in  a  rapid-flowing  copious  stream.  He  was 
equally  ready  in  all  departments  of  journalistic  activity.  He  was  an 
admirable  dramatic  critic,  was  well  versed  in  the  elementary  principles 
of  music,  while  in  the  specialty  of  art  criticism  he  was  without  a  rival 
among  Californian  writers.  His  editorials  were  models  of  clear  state- 
ment and  strong  but  elegant  English,  while  all  that  he  wrote  was  per- 
vaded by  a  certain  spirit  of  candor  and  a  power  of  moral  conscience  that 
compelled  attention  and  carried  conviction.  While  the  prevailing  tone 
of  his  mind  was  serious,  few  writers  could  be  more  delightfully  playful, 
more  charmingly  humorous. 

Socially  Mr.  Avery  was  very  lovable.  In  him  all  the  virtues  seemed 
harmoniously  combined.  He  was  absolutely  without  guile,  as  he  was 
without  vices.  His  heart  overflowed  with  love  for  his  fellows.  He  could 
not  bear  to  think  ill  of  any  one,  and  if  a  sense  of  public  duty  compelled 
him  to  criticise,  it  was  done  so  kindly,  so  regretfully,  that  censure  lost 
half  its  sting.  And  his  friendships  were  so  firm  and  steadfast,  his  trust  in 
those  he  loved,  so  deep  and  unquestioning!  Who  that  has  felt  the  grasp 
of  his  manly  hand,  and  looked  into  the  quiet  depths  of  his  kindly  eye, 
can  ever  forget  the  subtile  influence  that  crept  like  a  balm  into  his  soul? 
He  lived  in  and  for  his  friends.  Caring  little  for  general  society,  his  social 
world  was  bounded  by  a  charmed  circle  of  intimates.  He  was  such  a 
delightful  companion;  so  fresh  and  bright  and  genial,  so  apt  in  repartee, 
so  quaintly  witty,  so  rich  in  various  learning  without  taint  of  pedantry. 
To  know  him,  to  be  much  in  his  society,  to  feel  the  sweet  influence  of  his 
pure  life,  was  a  boon  and  blessing.  He  is  dead;  but  the  seed  of  thought 
and  culture  he  has  sown  has  not  fallen  on  barren  ground.  His  work  survives 
him.  The  interests  he  promoted  and  the  institutions  he  helped  found, 
are  living  monuments  of  his  beneficent  activity.  We  shall  see  him  no 
more  in  the  flesh,  but  his  spirit  will  long  be  a  pervading  presence  to  hosts 
of  loving  hearts.     San  Francisco  Overland  Monthly ^  December,  1875. 

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FANNY  FALCONER  AVERY" 

"pANNY  FALCONER  AVERY^^  second  daughter  of  Samuel 
■*■  Putnam  Avery",  and  Mary  Ann  (Ogden)  Avery,  was  bom 
November  3'**,  1849,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Married,  February  i^^\ 
1881,  Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher,  born,  October  27*^  1850,  New- 
ark, N.  Y.  (Williams  College,  1877).  She  died,  Hartford,  Conn., 
July  22''"*,  1918. 

CHILDREN 

I  Welcher",  Emma  Parke  Avery,  bom,  November  26*'*,  1881,  New 

York. 
II  Welcher",  Alice  Lee,  born,  May  17*'*,  1884,  New  York. 
Ill  Welcher",  Lester  Groome,  born,  July  1=*,  1885,  New  York. 
IV  Welcher",  Amy  Ogden,  born,  March  24*\  1887,  New  York. 


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HENRY   OGDEN    AVERY 


BORN    IN    BROOKLYN,    N,    Y 

DIED    IN    NEW    YORK,    APRIL    30 


JANUARY    Jl"*,     1852, 
"^      1890. 


Direct  descendant  of  William  Avery*,  who  settled  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  in  1650,  and 
Richard  Warren',  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  1620,  and  settled  in  Plymouth, 
Mass.  Also  direct  descendant  of  Richard  Park',  who  sailed  from  London,  England , 
in  the  ship  Defence,  August  to**",  1635,  and  arrived  at  Boston,  Mass.,  October  3'**, 
1635- 


HENRY  OGDEN  AVERY" 

TTENRY  OGDEN  AVERY",  second  son  of  Samuel  Putnam 
•■'  -■'  Avery"  and  Mary  Ann  (Ogden)  Avery,  was  born  January 
3i»*,  1852,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died,  New  York,  April  3o*^  1890. 
He  never  married. 

"Henry  Ogden  Avery  developed  early  in  life  a  strong  interest 
in  art,  and  entering  the  Cooper  Union  Art  School  turned  his  at-, 
tention  especially  to  architecture.  In  1870  he  was  admitted  as  a 
student  to  the  office  of  his  father's  friend  Russell  Sturgis.  In 
September,  1872,  he  became  a  student  in  the  Ecole  des  Beaux 
Arts,  Paris,  France,  where  he  applied  himself  with  great  zeal  to 
master  his  chosen  profession.  Not  only  that,  but  to  the  study  of 
language,  of  music,  of  political  economy  and  the  history  and  laws 
of  the  land  of  his  birth. 

"This  was  his  life  for  several  years  in  the  French  capital;  and 
after  graduating  he  returned  to  New  York  and  entered  the  office 
of  Richard  M.  Hunt,  later  on  taking  up  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, when  he  achieved  considerable  success.  Meantime  his 
professional  zeal  was  too  ardent  to  be  contented  with  ordinary 
routine.  He  delivered  lectures  before  the  Architectural  League 
and  the  Gotham  Art  students  and  wrote  for  Scribnrr's  Magazine 
a  history  of  the  Paris  school  of  fine  arts,  also  other  articles  for 
several  periodicals  on  topics  connected  with  art.  It  must  be 
that  greater  work  lay  before  him,  but  failing  health  compelled 
him  to  withdraw  until  his  death  on  April  30*^  1890." 

The  death  of  Henry  O.  Avery  removes  one  of  the  few  organizers  and 
superior  workers  for  the  good  of  the  profession  at  large;  one  of  those  who 
had  high  ideals  of  professional  intercourse  and  work,  whose  time  was 
always  at  the  disposal  of  the  Architectural  League  and  other  societies 
with  which  he  was  identified.  His  acquaintance  with  all  the  allied  arts 
made  his  service  valuable;  he  had  great  efficiency  and  ability  in  organiz- 

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ing  and  aiding  all  enterprises  that  tended  to  bring  architects  together 
and  to  inculcate  an  esprit  de  corps.  At  a  time  when  so  many  think  only 
of  the  almighty  dollar,  he  sacrificed  his  own  interest  in  service,  and  service 
is  the  hardest  thing  to  get  and  the  most  valuable  when  so  unselfish  as 
was  his.     The  American  Architect  and  Building  News. 

The  Archaeological  Institute  of  America,  New  York  Society,  through 
the  undersigned,  who  have  been  appointed  a  committee  for  the  purpose, 
records  its  sense  of  the  loss  that  it  has  suflFered  in  the  death  of  Henry 
Ogden  Avery,  one  of  its  most  zealous  members,  and  one  who  promised  to 
be  a  chief  support  and  help  of  the  society  and  the  Institute  in  all  its  future 
work.  The  undertaking  of  the  Institute  is  new,  and  has  leached  but  a 
slight  development  as  yet;  but  in  looking  at  the  possible  future,  we  can- 
not but  feel  that  one  of  our  chief  hopes  has  been  removed  in  the  taking 
away  of  Avery.  Thoroughly  taught,  first  in  the  architectural  office  of  a 
member  of  this  committee,  and  then,  for  an  unusual  number  of  years,  at 
the  ficole  des  Beaux  Arts  and  a  good  Paris  atelier;  afterward  engaged  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in  New  York,  in  one  of  the  largest 
and  busiest  offices  of  the  city,  and  independently,  he  was  eminently  in- 
telligent, thoughtful,  highly  instructed,  and  high-aiming  as  an  architect, 
as  a  decorative  designer,  and  as  a  member  of  his  profession  and  of  the 
whole  community. 

In  the  societies  with  which  he  had  been  connected  he  was  markedly 
useful,  and  was  willing  to  sacrifice  time  and  strength  for  the  cause  in 
which  he  had  enlisted;  he  was  not  one  of  those  who  will  accept  office  for 
the  honor  it  may  give  without  discharging  the  duties  which  it  brings 
with  it.  In  our  society  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Mem- 
bership, and  has  shown  great  zeal  in  that  which  must  be  the  foundation 
of  all  success  —  the  filling  up  of  the  roll  of  members.  Other  services 
were  to  come,  and  the  personal  esteem  felt  for  him  and  our  personal  re- 
grets at  his  loss  are  intensified  by  our  sense  of  what  the  cause  of  archaeology 
and  the  study  of  art  have  suffered  ip  this  premature  death.  Archaological 
Institute  of  America,  New  York  Society. 

Russell  Sturgis 
Frederic  J.  De  Peyster 
Wm.  L.  Andrews. 

Committee. 

At  its  monthly  meeting  the  Secretary  moved  that  the  Chapter  take 
appropriate  action  in  honor  of  the  memory  of  the  late  Henry  O.  Avery, 
practicing  member,  who  died  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Chapter,  on 
Wednesday,  April  30*^.  After  some  eulogistic  remarks  from  members  the 
following  memorial,  prepared  by  President  Litteli,  was  moved,  seconded 
and  unanimously  adopted: 

The  death  of  Mr.  Henry  Ogden  Avery  is  a  source  of  profound  regret 
to  those  associated  with  him  in  this  Chapter. 

Quiet,  gentle  and  unobtrusive,  he  was  always  ready  to  work  for  the 
good  of  others  —  for  the  interests  of  the  profession  at  large.    His  quick 

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intellect  gave  him  weight  in  council  and  fitted  him  for  important,  active 
work,  which  promptly  showed  the  effect  of  his  endeavors,  and  his  genial 
nature  endeared  him  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

The  profession  has  lost  an  accomplished  artist,  an  earnest  servant,  and 
a  faithful  brother  —  such  men  are  rare.  New  York  Chapter  of  the  Archi- 
tectural Institute. 

A.  J.  Bloor. 

Secretary. 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Architectural  League  of  New 
York,  May  5*^*,  1890,  the  usual  business  of  the  meeting  was  prefaced  by 
some  remarks  upon  the  late  Mr.  Henry  O.  Avery  by  the  President, 
Russell  Sturgis,  who  spoke  of  the  virtues  of  Mr.  Avery.  Mr.  Briggs  and 
other  members  made  similar  addresses.  Mr.  Wright  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolution,  which  was  read  and  adopted: 

"The  Architectural  League  hereby  records  the  death  of  H.  O.  Avery, 
April  30*^,  1890,  and  orders  spread  on  its  minutes  and  for  publication  the 
following  short  estimate  of  his  work  and  character: 

"'Educated  under  liberal  influences  in  the  oflice  of  Russell  Sturgis  and 
the  ficole  des  Beaux  Arts,  he  acquired  in  addition  to  his  natural  artistic 
capabilities  a  grasp  of  the  arts  as  a  whole  which  made  him  a  valued  member 
of  our  organization.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  first  Architec- 
tural Exhibition  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  reorganization  of  the 
League,  having  been  a  member.of  the  executive  committee  from  its  start. 
By  his  earnestness  and  experience  he  encouraged  and  greatly  aided  each 
of  our  annual  exhibitions.  His  work  in  this  cause  indirectly  brought 
about  and  hastened  his  death.  His  ideals  of  progressional  work  and  in- 
tercourse were  high,  and  he  sought  every  opportunity  to  inculcate  an 
esprit  de  corps  that  will  raise  the  standards  of  all  artistic  labor  and  make 
its  united  influence  tell  for  the  best.  In  doing  this  he  kept  modestly  in 
the  background,  but  we  who  knew  his  devotion  can  characterize  it  as 
wholly  unselfish.  This  League  is  indebted  to  him  for  all  his  kindly  quali- 
ties of  heart  and  mind  exerted  unselfishly  and  so  fully  to  its  benefit.  We 
record  his  loss  in  a  spirit  which  would  be  characteristic  of  the  man  whose 
memory  we  honor,  and  regret  that  his  career  so  full  of  promise  was  cut 
off  at  so  early  a  period.     The  Architectural  League  of  New  York. 

F.  A.  Wright, 

E.  T.  Hapgood, 

F.  S.  Lamb.'" 


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SAMUEL    PUTNAM    AVERY    MEDAL    COMMITTEE 

Chairman 
George  F.  Kunz,  President  of  American  Scenic  and  Historic  Preservarion  Society. 

Fice-Chairman 
J.  Monroe  Hewlett,  Fellow  American  Institute  of  Architects. 

Treasurer 
Frederick  R.  Halsey,  Trustee  of  the  New  York  Public  Library. 

Secretary 
Edward  R.  Smith,  Reference  Librarian,  Avery  Library,  Columbia  University. 

Nicholas  Murray  Butler,  President  of  Columbia  University. 

John  B.  Pine,  Clerk  of  Trustees,  Columbia  University. 

Robert  W.  de  Forest,  President  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 

A.  Augustus  Healy,  President  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

Edward  Robinson,  Director  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 

Robert  B.  Woodward,  Vice-President  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and 

Sciences. 
Archer  M.  Huntington,  President  of  the  American  Numismatic  Society. 
Cass  Gilbert,  Past  President  of  the  American  Society  of  Architects,  and  the 

Architectural  League  of  New  York. 
William  Henry  Fox,  Director  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 
John  W.  Alexander,  President  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design. 
Edwin  H.  Anderson,  Director  of  the  New  York  Public  Library. 
Herbert  Adams,  President  of  the  National  Sculpture  Society. 
Samuel  W.  Fairchild,  President  of  the  Union  League  Club. 
Frederick  Dielman,  President  of  the  Fine  Arts  Association. 
Frederick  A.  Goetze,  Dean  of  Applied  Science,  Columbia  University. 
Frank  D.  Fackenthal,  Secretary  of  Columbia  University. 
Frederick  Paul  Keppel,  Dean  of  Columbia  College. 
Austin  W.  Lord,  Professor  of  Architecture,  Columbia  University. 
Alfred  D.  F.  Hamlin,  Professor  History  of  Architecture,  Columbia  University. 
Frank  Dempster  Sherman,  Professor  Department  of  Architecture,  Columbia 

University. 
Arthur  W.  Dow,  Professor  of  Art,  Teachers  College. 
Talcott  Willlams,  Professor  of  Journalism,  Columbia  University. 
James  R.  Wheeler,  Professor  of  Greek  Archaeology,  Columbia  University. 
Frederick  C.  Hicks,  Acting  Librarian,  Columbia  University. 
Frank  Weitenkampf,  Curator  of  Prints,  New  York  Public  Library. 
Alexander  W.  Drake,  Late  Art  Editor  of  The  Century  Magazine. 
McDougall  Hawkes,  President  of  the  Museum  of  French  Art  Institute  in  the 

United  States. 
Edward  G.  Kennedy,  President  of  The  Grolier  Club. 
William  Loring  Andrews,  Hon.  Librarian  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 
Frederick  A.  Lucas,  Director  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History. 
Robert  Grier  Cooke,  President  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Association. 
Edward  D.  Adams,  Trustee  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 
A.  A.  Anderson,  Hon.  President  of  the  American  Art  Association  of  Paris. 
Howard  Mansfield,  Treasurer  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 
J.  Sanford  Saltus,  Hon.  President  Joan  of  Arc  Statue  Committee. 


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pEDIGREE  connection  with  Robert  AveryS  of  Pill,  Somer- 
-*■  set  County,  England,  whose  will  bears  date  of  July  27**', 
1575,  and  Richard  Warren,  of  England,  who  came  to  America  in 

the  Mayflower^  November  ii*\  1620. 

1.  Robert  AveryS  of  Pill,  Somerset  County,  England.  He  died  pre- 
vious to  October  I4*^  1575,  that  being  the  date  of  the  proving  of  his  will. 
He  had  three  sons,  WilliamS  Richard',  Thomas'. 

2.  William  Avery',  of  Congresburie,  England,  died .?.    He  had  one 

son  Robert';  whether  there  were  others,  records  do  not  say. 

3.  Robert  Avery',  of  Wokingham,  England.  His  will,  found  in  the 
Diocese  of  Doctor's  Commons,  bears  date  March  30**',  1642.  He  mar- 
ried Joanne  and  had  three  sons,  —  William*,  bom  1622,  Robert^  Frances*. 

4.  Great-grandfather,  William  Avery*,  bom  Wokingham,  England, 
1622.  Died  Boston,  Mass.,  March  i8*\  1686.  Great-grandmother, 
Margaret  (?)  Avery,  bom  England.  Died  Dedham,  Mass.,  September 
28*\  1678. 

5.  Great-grandfather,  Robert  Avery*,  baptized  Barkham,  England, 
December  7*^,  1649.  Died  Dedham,  Mass.,  October  3'''^,  1722.  Great- 
grandmother,  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery,  bom  Maiden,  Mass.,  1655.  Died 
Dedham,  Mass.,  October  21'*,  1746. 

6.  Great-grandfather,  John  Avery*,  bom  Dedham,  Mass.,  Febmary 
4*^*,  1685/6.  Died  Truro,  Mass.,  April  23"*,  1754.  Great-grandmother, 
Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  bom  Marshfield,  Mass.,  November  23'*^,  1686. 
Died  Truro,  Mass.,  October  i'*,  1732.     Warren-Little  family,  p.  133. 

7.  Great-grandfather,  Ephraim  Avery^  bom  Truro,  Mass.,  April 
22''**,  1 713.  Died  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  October  20*'',  1754.  Great-grand- 
mother Deborah  (Lothrop)  Avery,  bom  Pomfret,  Conn.,  January  g*^, 
1716/7.     Died  Highlands,  N.  Y.,  October  4*^  1777. 

8.  Great-grandfather,  Ephraim  Avery*,  bom  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
April  13*'',  1741.  Died  Rye,  N.  Y,  November  5*^,  1776.  Great-grand- 
mother, Hannah  (Piatt)  Avery,  bom  1737.  Died  Rye,  N.  Y,  May  I3*^ 
1776. 

9.  Great-grandfather,  John  William  Avery',  bom  Rye,  N.  Y,  May 
24*^  1767.  Died  New  York,  1799.  Great-grandmother,  Sarah  (Fair- 
child)  Avery,  bom  Stratford,  Conn.,  Febmary  28*^  1773.  Died  New 
York,  May  6*^  1837.    Fairchild  Family,  p.  80. 

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10.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  bom  New  York,  January 
i**»  1797-  Died  New  York,  July  24*^  1832.  Grandmother,  Hannah 
Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  bom  New  York,  April  24*^  1804.  Died  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.,  June  26*N  1888.    Parke  Family,  p.  107. 

11.  Father,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  bom  New  York,  March  17*'', 
1822.  Died  New  York,  August  11'^,  1904.  Mother,  Mary  Ann  (Ogden) 
Avery,  bom  New  York,  December  ist,  1825.  Died  Hartford,  Conn., 
April  29th,  191 1. 

12.  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 
and  Mary  Ann  (Ogden)  Avery,  was  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October 

7*N  1847- 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY'" 

BORN  IN  BROOKLYN,  N.  Y.,  OCTOBER  7"',  1847 

Direct  descendant  of  William  Avery*,  who  settled  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  in  1650,  and 
Richard  Warren,  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,  1620,  and  settled  in  Plymouth, 
Mass.  Also  direct  descendant  of  Richard  Park,  who  sailed  from  London,  England, 
in  the  ship  Defence,  August  10''',  1653,  and  arrived  at  Boston,  Mass.,  October  3"*, 
1635. 


THE  FAIRCHILD  FAMILY 

of  Stratford,  Connecticut 
Thomas  Fairchild^  i6j8 

All  the  material  relating  to  the  Fairchild  Family  was  selected  from  Orcutt's 
"History  of  Stratford  and  Bridgeport,"  Vols.  I,  II,  published  by  the  Fairfield 
County  Historical  Society,  1886. 


STRATFORD,  CONNECTICUT 

CTRATFORD  village  is  located  on  the  Housatonic  River  about 
one  and  a  half  miles  from  Long  Island  Sound,  in  Fairfield 
County,  Conn.,  fourteen  miles  from  New  Haven  and  fifty-eight 
miles  from  New  York  City. 

The  original  township,  being  twelve  miles  in  length  north  and 
south,  and  about  seven  miles  wide  east  and  west,  comprised  most 
of  the  territory  now  included  in  the  five  townships  of  Stratford, 
Bridgeport,  Huntington,  Trumbull  and  Monroe. 

Stratford  was  the  seventh  plantation  settled  within  the  present 
territory  of  Connecticut.  Windsor,  Hartford  and  Wethersfield, 
the  first  three,  were  commenced  in  the  years  1635-6;  Saybrook 
was  commenced  under  John  Winthrop,  the  younger,  in  1635, 
although  but  few  families  had  arrived  there  in  1636. 

Mr.  Davenport's  company  from  London,  with  Mr.  Pruden's, 
arrived  at  New  Haven  the  middle  of  April,  1638,  and  the  next 
spring  Mr.  Pruden  and  his  people  who  had  remained  all  winter 
at  New  Haven,  settled  at  Milford;  and  in  the  spring  of  1639  a 
number  of  families  settled  at  Stratford,  then  known  by  the  In- 
dian name  of  Cupheag. 

The  Patent  for  the  territory  of  Connecticut,  given  by  the  Earl 
of  Warwick  in  163 1,  under  King  Charles  I,  included  "all  that 
part  of  New  England,  in  America,  which  lies  and  extends  itself 
from  a  river  then  called  Narragansett  river,  the  space  of  forty 
leagues  upon  a  straight  line  near  the  sea  shore  towards  the  south- 
west, west  and  south,  or  west  as  the  coast  lieth  towards  Virginia," 
and  therefore  covered  more  area  than  the  present  State  of  Con- 
necticut. The  title  to  this  land  was  given  to  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick by  the  Plymouth  Company  of  England.  On  "the  3'*  of 
November,  1620,  just  before  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Robinson's  people 

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in  New  England,  King  James  I,  by  letters  patent,  under  the 
great  seal  of  England,  incorporated  the  Duke  of  Lenox,  the  Mar- 
quis of  Buckingham  and  Hamilton,  the  Earls  of  Arundel  and 
Warwick  and  others,  to  the  number  of  forty  noblemen,  knights 
and  gentlemen,  by  the  name  *of  the  Council  established  at  Plym- 
outh in  the  county  of  Devon,  for  the  planting,  ruling  and  gov- 
erning of  New  England  in  America,'  and  granted  unto  them, 
and  their  successors  and  assigns,  all  that  part  of  America  lying 
and  being  in  breadth  from  forty  degrees  of  north  latitude  from 
the  equinoctial  line,  to  the  forty-eighth  degree  of  said  northerly 
latitude  inclusively,  and  in  length  of  and  within  all  the  breadth 
aforesaid,  throughout  the  main  lands  from  sea  to  sea."  The  patent 
ordained  that  "this  tract  of  country  should  be  called  New  Eng- 
land in  America,  and  by  that  name  have  continuance  forever." 
-  In  1630,  this  Plymouth  Company  conveyed  to  the  Earl  of 
Warwick  the  territory  named  in  the  Connecticut  Patent,  and 
which  he  sold,  as  above,  to  the  parties  named  in  that  Patent  to 
the  number  of  eleven  persons.  The  difficulty  of  ascertaining 
the  date  when  Stratford  was  made  a  town,  with  many  other 
items  of  its  organization  and  first  settlement,  is  in  consequence 
of  the  town  records  for  ten  of  the  first  years  having  disappeared. 

Not  only  were  the  plantations  of  Stratford  and  Fairfield  called 
towns  in  April,  1640,  but  they  had  freemen  who  no  doubt  voted 
in  the  adoption  of  the  first  constitution,  in  January,  1638  (old 
style),  they  being  a  part  of  the  government  at  the  time,  and 
hence  in  no  great  hurry  to  effect  an  organization  of  the  town 
which  would  be  burdensome  to  mamtain;  for  during  several 
years  after  the  commencement  of  the  settlement  they  seem  to 
have  been  released  from  taxes,  and  perhaps  this  is  the  reason 
why  representatives  were  not  sent  earlier  than  they  were. 

Stratford  does  not  appear  to  have  sent  representatives  to 
General  Court  until  1642,  when  Philip  Groves  filled  that  posi- 
tion. The  taxes  for  Stratford  and  Fairfield  were  collected  to- 
gether as  one  plantation  until  1647,  when  they  were  ordered  by 
the  court  to  be  divided.  Also  their  courts  were  held  jointly  some 
years  by  magistrates  appointed  for  the  purpose. 

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In  a  list  of  the  owners  of  fence  about  the  first  common  field, 
the  fence  being  a  little  over  353  rods  in  length,  which  if  it  sur- 
rounded the  entire  field  enclosed  nearly  fifty  acres,  but  if  it  was 
a  fence  direct  across  the  neck  to  Fresh  Pond,  it  would  have  en- 
closed several  hundred  acres,  or  all  of  Great  Neck  as  well  as  Little 
Neck.  This  list  is  without  date  but  must  have  been  recorded 
before  165 1,  since  William  Burritt's  name  is  on  it  and  he  died 
before  that  year.  It  is  probable  that  this  is  not  a  complete  list. 
There  are  forty-one  names  and  Thomas  Fayrchild  is  number  16 
with  6  rods,  9  feet. 


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THOMAS  FAIRCHILDi 

THOMAS  FAIRCHILD^  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Strat- 
ford, but  whether  he  came  here  in  1638  or  1639  is  not  known. 
He  was  a  merchant  and  may  have  come  with  his  brother-in-law 
Thomas  Sherwood,  or  with  William  Judson  in  1638,  for  the  pur- 
pose, principally,  of  trading  with  the  Indians,  or  he  may  have 
joined  Mr.  Blakeman's  company  at  Wethersfield  and  come  in 
1639.  Mr.  Fairchild's  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Robert  Sea- 
brook,  and  therefore  sister  to  the  wives  of  Thomas  Sherwood, 
William  Preston,  of  New  Haven,  and  Lieut.  Thomas  Wheeler,  of 
Milford. 

In  what  year  Mrs.  Fairchild  died  is  not  known,  but  her  last 
child  was  bom  in  1653,  and  Mr.  Fairchild  married,  second,  Cath- 
arine Craigg,  of  London,  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Whiting  of 
Hartford.  He  died  December  14*'',  1670,  and  the  selectmen  re- 
ported his  inventory  at  £350.  He  had  four  sons  by  his  first  wife 
and  two  by  his  second. 

Mr.  Fairchild  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  respected 
men  of  Stratford.  He  was  appointed  by  the  General  Court,  with 
Thomas  Sherwood  and  the  Constables  of  Stratford,  to  draft 
men  in  1654  for  the  then  proclaimed  Narragansett  war;  and  again 
on  a  committee  with  Philip  Groves,  as  leather  sealer  of  Fairfield 
County. 

In  1654  he  was  elected  Deputy;  and  a  number  of  times  after 
that,  and  in  1663,  he  was  nominated  for  an  assistant,  and  the 
same  for  three  successive  years,  but  was  not  elected.  As  these 
nominations  were  made  at  or  by  the  General  Court,  this  shows 
the  estimation  of  him  by  that  body.  In  1664  he  was  appointed  a 
Commissioner  who  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  for  Stratford, 
and  was  reappointed  afterwards. 

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The  family  name  is  of  long  standing  in  England,  the  coat  of 
arms  indicating  that  members  of  it  were  in  the  Crusades  from 
A.  D.  1096  to  1400. 

CHILDREN    OF    THE    FIRST    WIFE 

I   Samuel*,  bom  in  Stratford  August  31'*,  1640.    He  was  probably  the 

first  white  child  bom  there.    Married, ,  Mary,  daughter  of  Moses 

Wheeler  and  Miriam  (Hawley)  Wheeler,  She  was  bom  September  13*'', 
1655.  He  died  about  1704.  They  had  four  children.  See  forward. 
Moses  Wheeler  was  in  New  Haven  as  early  as  1641  and  probably  came 
from  London  in  1638.  He  married  Miriam,  the  sister  of  Joseph  Hawley; 
and  he  was  brother-in-law  to  the  Rev.  Adam  Blakeman,  the  first  pastor 
at  Stratford.  The  Wheeler  family  had  been  resident  in  the  county  of 
Kent,  England,  many  generations  before  Moses  was  bom,  which  occurred, 
according  to  the  records,  in  1598.  He  was  in  Stratford  in  1648,  when  the 
privilege  of  a  ferry  across  the  Housatonic  River  was  granted  him  by  the 
General  Court.    He  died  March  I'S  1698,  aged  100  years. 

n   Sarah',  bom  in  Stratford  February  19*^  1641-2.    Married, , 

Jehiel  Preston,  her  cousin.    He  was  baptized 14*'',  1640.    He  was  a 

representative  in  1683.     They  had  six  children. 

HI.  John',  bom  in  Stratford  May  i'*,  1644.     Died  young. 

IV  ThomasS  bom  in  Stratford  Febmary  2i»*,  1645.    Married, , 

Sai-ah ,  and  died  in  Woodbury  March  27**",  1686-7.    They  had  three 

children. 

V  Dinahs  born  in  Stratford  July  14*'',  1648. 

VI  ZechariahS  born  in  Stratford  December  I4*^  1651.  Married, 
November  3'**,  168 1,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Beach.  She  was  bom 
December  — ,  1665.  He  died  June  23'^  1703.  In  a  list  of  landed  pro- 
prietors, January  n***,  1699,  he  was  credited  with  owning  twenty  acres. 
They  had  nine  children.  John  Beach  appears  first  on  Stratford  records 
in  1661,  with  Richard  Beach,  probably  a  brother,  and  purchased  his  first 
land  there  May  21'*,  1660. 

VII  EmmaS  born  in  Stratford  October  — ,  1653.  Married,  Apnl  20"', 
1676,  Hackaliah  Preston,  her  cousin.  He  was  baptized  April  9***,  1643, 
was  the  son  of  William  Preston  of  New  Haven  and  grandson  of  Robert 
Seabrook.    They  had  one  son. 


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SAMUEL   FAIRCHILD" 

CAMUEL  FAIRCHILD2,  gi^est  son  of  Thomas  Fairchild^  and 

^ (Seabrook)  Fairchild,  was  born  in  Stratford  August  3i»*, 

1640.     Married,  ■_ ,  Mary,  daughter  of  Moses  Wheeler  and 

Miriam  (Hawley)  Wheeler.  She  was  born  September  13*^,  1655. 
He  died  about  1704. 

CHILDREN 

I   Robert*,  bom  in  Stratford  ,  1681.     His  grandfather  Wheeler 

left  him  some  property. 

n   Samuel*,  bom  in  Stratford  ,   1683.     Married,  January  3"*, 

1705,  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  Beach,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  (Staples)  Beach, 
of  Fairfield.  She  was  bom  about  1685  and  died  January  30*\  1722. 
They  had  seven  children.     See  forward. 

III  Edward*,  born  in  Stratford.  Removed  to  Newtown  before  1705  (?). 
Married,  January  25*'',  1710,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Blakeman 
and  Dorothy  (Smith)  Blakeman.  She  was  born  February  10*^,  1688. 
They  had  five  children. 

IV  Jonathan*,  bom  in  Stratford . 


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SAMUEL   FAIRCHILD3 

CAMUEL  FAIRCHILDS   second    son   of  Samuel   Fafrchild* 

'^  and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Fairchild,  was  born  in  Stratford  , 

1683.  Married,  January  3"*,  1705,  Ruth,  daughter  of  John 
Beach,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  (Staples)  Beach,  of  Fairfield.  She  was 
bom  about  1685,  and  died  January  30*'',  1722. 


CHILDREN 

I  Anna*,  born  in  Stratford  October  iz^y  1706.  Died  February  9*'', 
1722. 

II  Mary*,  bom  in  Stratford  27*^  1708.    Married,  March  7**', 

1728-9,  Samuel  Adams.  They  removed  to  Litchfield,  where  she  died  in 
her  106*'*  year.  They  had  six  children.  In  a  list  of  Representatives  from 
Stratford,  before  1776,  Samuel  Adams*  name  is  mentioned  twelve  times, 
from  1748  to  1770.    Frequently  he  is  called  Captain. 

III  Samuels  Ijom  in  Stratford  February  3'^,  1710.  Married,  April 
5***,  174s,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Curtiss.  He  died  in  1790,  aged  80. 
She  died  in  1783,  aged  64.  They  had  three  children.  See  forward.  The 
Curtiss  family  subscribed  £159  toward  building  a  Congregational  church 
in  1743.  The  members  of  this  church,  however,  disagreed,  and  one 
faction  formed  an  Episcopalian  body  the  same  year,  and  built  Christ's 
Church,  in  which  Samuel  Fairchild  had  a  pew. 

IV  EphraimS  born  in  Stratford  August  28*'',  1713.  Settled  in  Weston. 
.    V  Abigails  bom  in  Stratford  December  is*"*,  1715. 

VI  Eunices  bom  in  Stratford  May  20*'',  1718.    Died  April  2i»S  1721. 

VII  Benjamins  bom  in  Stratford (?). 


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SAMUEL  FAIRCHILD* 

CAMUEL  FAIRCHILEH,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Falrchild'  and 
^  Ruth  (Beach)  Fairchild,  was  born  in  Stratford  February  3'**, 
1710.  Married,  April  5**»,  1745,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Curtiss. 
He  died  in  1790,  aged  80.    She  died  in  1783,  aged  64. 

CHILDREN 

I  John  Curtiss',  bom  in  Stratford  February  — ,  1745-6.  Married, 
November  6*'',  1768,  Elizabeth  Burch.  She  died  in  1804,  aged  53.  They 
had  nine  children.     See  forward. 

II  Abel',  bom  in  Stratford.  Baptized  January  — ,  1753.  In  a  list 
of  persons  who  withdrew  from  the  Congregational  Society  of  North 
Stratford  and  of  Trumbull  and  united  with  the  Episcopal  Church,  with 
the  dates  and  the  places  to  which  they  went,  Abel  Fairchild  is  mentioned, 
March  20*^  1788,  as  going  to  Ripton. 

III  Robert*. 


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JOHN   CURTISS   FAIRCHILD'^ 

JOHN  CURTISS  FAIRCHILDS  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Fair- 
*^  child*  and  Mary  (Curtiss)  Fairchild,  was  born  in  Stratford 
February  — ,  1745-6.  Married,  November  6*^,  1768,  Elizabeth 
Burch.  She  died  in  1804,  aged  53.  In  a  Hst  of  returns  for  back 
pay,  "5*''  Regiment,  2^  Company,  commanded  by  Lt.  Col. 
Samuel  Whiting,  of  Stratford,  commencing  26***  June,  1775,  and 
ending  29*^  November,"  is  found  the  name  of  Jno.  Curtiss  Fair- 
child.  This  company  went  to  Ticonderoga,  Lake  Champlain, 
N.  Y. 

CHILDREN 

I  William',  bom  in  Stratford ,  1769. 

II  John«,  born  in  Stratford  ,  1770,     Married,  May  31"*,  1795, 

Abigail,  called  "Nabby,"  daughter  of  Samuel  Patterson  and  Esther 
(Rowland)  Patterson,  of  Weston,  Conn.  She  was  born  February  19*^, 
1772.     He  died  in  1800.    They  had  one  child. 

III  Joseph',  bom  in  Stratford ,  1772.    Died ,  1775. 

IV  Sarah',  bom  in  Stratford  February  28*^  1773.    Married,  November 
16**',  1793,*  John  William  Avery»,  born  May  24*^  1767.    She  died  May 

6*'*,  1837.    He  died y  I799>  aged  32.    They  had  four  children.    See 

forward. 

V  Curtiss',  born  in  Stratford ,  1775. 

VI  Tabitha',  bora  in  Stratford ,  1777.    Died ,  1778. 

VII  Ruth',  born  in  Stratford ,  1779.    Married Brown. 

VIII  Benjamin',  born  in  Stratford ,  1781. 

IX  Reuben',  born  in  Stratford ,  1784. 

*  See  Valentine's  Manual,  1793. 


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SARAH   FAIRCHILD* 

SARAH  FAIRCHILD«,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Curtiss  Fair- 
child*  and  Elizabeth  (Burch)  Fairchild,  was  born  in  Strat- 
ford February  28*S  1773.  Married,  November  i6*^  1793,  John 
William  Avery',  eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery*.  He  was 
bom  May  24*^  1767,  Rye,  N.  Y.  She  died  May  6*\  1837.  He 
died ,  1799,  aged  32. 

CHILDREN 

I  Ave^y^  John  William,  bom  in  New  York  September  24*^,  1794.  In 
early  life  was  lost  at  sea  in  the  Jeanette. 

II  Avery^  Elisha  Lothrop,  bom  in  New  York  February  27***,  1796. 

Married, ,  1822,  Jane  Gunning.    She  died  September  — ,  1837.    They 

had  three  children.    Married,  second,  April  12*^,  1839,  Sarah,  daughter  of 

David  Coit,  of  New  London,  Conn.    She  was  bom ,  1807.    He  died 

August  3'**,  1878.    She  died  February  12*'*,  1892.    They  had  four  children. 

III  Avery ^,  Samuel  Putnam,  born  in  New  York  January  i^*,  1797. 
Married,  January  i^S  1821,  Hannah  Anne  Parked  of  New  York,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Parke'  and  Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke.  She  was  bom 
April  24*^  1804.  He  died  July  24*^  1832.  She  died  June  26*^  1888. 
They  had  six  children.     See  forward. 

IV  Avery ^  Sarah  Elizabeth,  bom  in  New  York  November  3'*^,  1798. 

Married,  ,  1817,  Ebenezer  R.   Dupignac,  of  New  York.     He  was 

bom  December  i6*^  1794.     He  died  November  — ^,1864.     They  had 
four  children. 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY^ 

CAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY^  third  son  of  John  William 
^  Avery*  and  Sarah  (Fairchild")  Avery,  was  born  in  New  York 
January  i'*,  1797.  Married,  January  i"*,  1821,  Hannah  Anne 
(Parke')  Avery.  He  died  July  24*S  1832.  She  died  June  26*S 
1888. 

CHILDREN 

I  Samuel  PutnamS  bom  in  New  York  March  17*'*,  1822.  Married, 
November  24*'',  1844,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  and  Katha- 
rine (Conklin)  Ogden.  She  was  bom  December  i'*,  1825.  He  died  in 
New  York  August  ii***,  1904.  She  died  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  April  29*'', 
191 1.     They  had  sbc  children.     See  forward. 

n  Hannah  Stanton*,  bom  in  New  York  October  12*'',  1824.  Married, 
May  2"'*,  1854,  Charles  Russell  Cornell,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  was  bom 
June  20*'',  i8o6.  She  died  June  25*'',  1885,  in  New  York.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 12*'',  1866.    They  had  one  daughter. 

HI  Susan  JaneS  bom  in  New  York  December  ii*'',  1826.  Married, 
December  5*^^,  1850,  Stephen  Avery,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.  She  died  March 
18*'',  1912,  in  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.  He  died  January  I**,  1853.  They  had 
one  son. 

IV  Benjamin  Parke*,  bom  in  New  York  November  ii***,  1828.  Mar- 
ried, November  27*^*,  1861,  Mary  Ann  Fuller,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
born  July  13*^  1827.  He  died  November  8*^  1875,  in  Peking,  China. 
She  died  June  9**',  1913.    They  had  no  children. 

V  Mary  Rebecca  Halsey*,  bom  in  New  York  August  10*'',  1830. 
Married,  June  7*^  1856,  Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Talmage,  of  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  bom  January  7*\  1832.  She  died  June  7*^  1861,  m  Philadelphia, 
Pa.    He  died  April  I2*\  1902,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.   They  had  two  children. 

VI  Charles  Russell*,  bom  in  New  York,  October—,  1832.  Died  August 
5*^  1833. 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM.  AVERY* 

CAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY*,  third  son  of  Samuel  Putnam 
^  Avery^  and  Hannah  Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  was  born  in  New 
York  March  17*^  1822  (M.A.,  Columbia  University,  1896).  Mar- 
ried, November  24***,  1844,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron 
and  Katharine  (Conklin)  Ogden.  She  was  bom  December  !•*, 
1825.  He  died  in  New  York  August  ii*^  1904.  She  died  in 
Hartford,  Conn.,  April  29*^  191 1. 

CHILDREN 

I  Mary  Henrietta',  bom  m  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  4**',  1845. 
Died  in  New  York  April  7*^^,  1900. 

n  Samuel  Putnam',  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  7*^  1847. 
See  forward. 

III  Fanny  Falconer',  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  November  3'**,  1849. 
Married,  February  15*'',  1881,  Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher,  of  Newark, 
N.  Y.  (Williams  College,  1877),  bom  October  27*^  1850.  Died  in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  July  22°'*,  1918.    They  had  four  children. 

IV  Henry  Ogden',  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  January  31"*,  1852.  Died 
in  New  York  April  30*'',  1890. 

V  Emma  Parke',  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  August  29*^,  1853.  Died 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  August  31'*,  1857. 

VI  Ellen  Walters',  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  January  i'*,  1861.  Died 
in  New  York  March  25*'*,  1893. 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY* 

pEDIGREE  connection  with  Thomas  FairchildS  who  came  to 
"'■     Stratford,  Conn.,  in  1638. 

1.  Grandfather,  Thomas  Fairchild,  bom  in  England  ,     Died 

December  14*^  1670.    Grandmother,  (Seabrook)  Fairchild,  bom 

in  England .    "It  is  not  known  when  she  died  but  her  last  child  was 

bom  in  1653." 

2.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Fairchild,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  August 
31"*,  1640.  Died ,  1704  (?).  Grandmother,  Mary  (Wheeler)  Fair- 
child,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  September  13***,  1655.    Died . 

3.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Fairchild,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  , 

1683.    Died .    Grandmother,  Ruth  (Beach)  Fairchild,  bom  in  Strat- 
ford, Conn., ,  1685  (?).     Died  January  30***,  1722. 

4.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Fairchild,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Febmary 

3"^,  1710.     Died  ,  1790-    Grandmother,  Mary  (Curtiss)  Fairchild, 

bom  in  Stratford,  Conn., ,  1719.     Died ,  1783. 

5.  Grandfather,  John  Curtiss  Fairchild,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Feb- 
mary — ,  1745-6.    Died .    Grandmother,  Elizabeth  (Burch)  Fairchild, 

bom  in  Stratford,  Conn., ,  1751.    Died ,  1804,  aged  53. 

6.  Grandfather,  John  William  Avery',  bom  in  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May  24*'*, 

1767.    Died  in  New  York ,  1799.    Grandmother,  Sarah  (Fairchild) 

Avery,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  February  28*^  4773.    Died  in  New  York, 
May  6*\  1837.     Avery  Family,  p.  48. 

7.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Pumam  Avery,  bom  in  New  York  January 
!'*»  1797-  Died  m  New  York  July  24*^  1832.  Grandmother,  Hannah 
Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  bom  in  New  York  April  24*^  1804.  Died  in  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.,  June  26*S  1888.    Parke  Family,  p.  107. 

8.  Father,  Samuel  Pumam  Avery,  bom  in  New  York  March  17*'', 
1822.  Died  in  New  York  August  II*^  1904.  Mother,  Mary  Ann 
(Ogden)  Avery,  bom  in  New  York  December  i**,  1825.  Died  in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  April  29*^,  191 1. 

9.  Samuel  Putnam  Avery  was  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  y**, 
1847. 


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THE  PARK  FAMILY 

of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island 

Richard  Park^  ^^35 


AUTHORITIES   CITED 

For  the  following  record  of  the  Park  Family  in  America,  see: 

Avery  Family  in  America,  Dedham  Branch. 
Barry's  History  of  Framingham,  Massachusetts. 
Bond's  Genealogies  and  History  of  fFatertoton,  Massachusetts. 
Connecticut  in  the  Rewlution. 
Denison's  Westerly  and  its  Witnesses. 
Drake's  Dictionary  of  American  Biography. 
Drake's  History  of  Newton,  Massachusetts. 
Genealogy  of  the  Cornell  Family. 
Genealogy  of  the  Stantons. 

General  Register,  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  1899-1902. 
Jackson's  History  of  Newton,  Massachusetts. 
Mackenzie's  Colonial  Families,  U.  S.  A.    Vol.  VI. 
Narragansett  Historical  Register. 
National  Cyclopaedia  of  American  History. 
New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record,  October,  1904. 
Paige's  History  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
Parke  and  Parks  of  Massachusetts. 
Prominent  Families  of  New  York,  1898. 
Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island. 
Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England. 
Some  Account  of  the  Park  Family. 
The  Mayflower  Descendants.    Vol.  III. 
Fital  Records  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island. 
Westerly  Church  Records,  17 Si- 
Year  Book,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  1909. 


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"VIRTUS" 

"Gules  on  a  pale  argent  three  buchs  heards  cabossed  of  the  field,  is 
borne  by  the  name  of  Parke  and  was  confirmed  to  Tho.  Parke  of  Wisbeach 
in  the  Isle  of  Ely  in  Cambridgeshire  by  Sir  Willm  Segar,  Garter  King  at 
Arms  1618." 

Guillims  Display  of  Heraldry. 


PEDIGREE   OF   THE   FAMILY  OF  PARK 
OF   GRIMSBY 

Thomas  de  Park  or  Parco,  Lord 

of  Grimsby  temp.  King  John 

r 

William  de  Park  of  Park,  co.  Glouc 

&  Grimsby 

1 — : 7. 

Beatrice  eldest  Alicia  second  Aleanora  youngest 

daur  &  coheir  daur  &  coheir  daur  &  coheir 

From  Baker's  History  of  Northamptonshire. 

Richard  del  Parke  held  the  manor  of  Coldpike 
Hill  by  the  Knights  service  14  Inquisition  P.  M. 
1411. 


Gerard  Parke  son  &  heir  Edward    Parke    held    the- 

aged  21  in  141 1.  ob.  s.  p.  manor  &  tenements  &  100 

acres  which  his  father 
acquired  of  Ralph  Neville, 
Inq.  P.  M.  1468. 


Isabella  Parke  married  .  .  .  Walher. 
From  Jurhis  History  of  Durham. 


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THE    PARK   FAMILY   IN  AMERICA 


R 


yeres 


ICHARD  PARKS  bom  in  England  about  1602,  sailed  from 
London  in  the  ship  Defence,  August  lo*'*,  1635,  and  arrived 
at  Boston  October  3"*,  1635,  bringing  with  him  his  wife  Margery 
and  four  children. 

The  "Original  Lists/*  edited  by  John  Camden  Hotten,  under 
"Register  of  the  names  of  all  y»  Pasinger  w"''  Passed  from  y«  Port 
of  London  for  on  whole  yeare  Endinge  at  X""*»  1635  ",  page  105, 
has  the  following: 

Xjo  die  Julij  1635 

Theis  vnder  written  names  are  to  be  transported  to  New  England  im- 
barqued  in  the  Defence  of  Lndon  Edward  Bostock  Mr  p  Certificate  of 
his  Conformitie  in  Religion  &  that  he  is  no  Subsedy  man. 
A  miller  Richard  Perk     33 
Margery  Perk   40 
IsABELL  Perk        7 
Elizabeth  Perk   4 

Parke  and  Parks  of  Massachusetts,  p.  25. 

There  were  also  two  sons,  Richard  and  Thomas,  although 
their  names  do  not  appear  on  the  passenger  list.  "After  Sep- 
tember I'S  1656,"  Richard  Park^  married,  second,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  William  and  Jane  Collier,*  of  Duxbury,  Mass.,  widow  of  Love 
Brewster>  of  the  same  place.  He  died  1665  (?).  His  will  is  dated 
July  12*'',  1665,  and  the  inventory  August  19*'',  1665.  There  is 
no  record  of  the  death  of  the  first  wife,  Margery.  The  second 
wife  died  April  26*^  1691. 

CHILDREN    (of    THE    FIRST    WIFE) 

I  Richards  bom  in  England,  probably  before  1628.  Married,  Mary  (?). 
On  October  I4*^  1678,  Richard   Park,  of  Cambridge,  planter,  and  his 

•  See  Nathaniel  Warren*,  page  128. 
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wife  Mary,  conveyed  to  Joseph  Wilson  "all  that  tract  of  land  on  which  I 
have  erected  my  now  dwelling  house,"  etc.  As  shown  in  the  Cambridge 
Proprietors'  Records  of  1642,  this  is  the  property  which  Richard  Park^ 
owned  at  that  time.  They  had  two  children.  Parke  and  Parks  of  Massa- 
chusetts, pp.  31-34' 

-  II  Thomas',  bom  in  England,  1628-9.  Married,  December  i"*,  1653, 
Abigail  Dix,  of  Watertown,  bom  May  21^*,  1637.  He  died  August  II*^ 
1690.  She  died  February  3"*,  1691.  They  had  nine  children.  See 
forward. 

III  Isabels,  born  about  1625,  in  England.  Married  Francis  Whit- 
more,  of  England,  born  1625.  She  died  March  31'*,  1665.  He  died 
October  12*'',  1685.  They  had  seven  children.  Whitmore  Genealogy, 
pp.  1-13. 

IV  Elizabeths  born  163 1,  in  England.  Married  Edward  Winship,  of 
Cambridge.    She  died  September  19*^,  1690.    They  had  children. 

Richard  Park^  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1635.  He  was 
a  proprietor  at  Cambridge  Farms  (Lexington),  in  1642.  His 
house  was  near  the  commons  in  Cambridge.  In  a  division  of 
lands  in  1647,  he  had  eleven  acres  in  Cambridge  Village,  bounded 
west  on  Mr.  Edward  Jackson's  land,  and  the  highway  to  Dedham 
was  laid  out  through  it  in  1648.  The  very  ancient  dwelling  house 
which  was  pulled  down  about  1800  was  supposed  to  have  been 
built  by  him.  It  stood  within  a  few  feet  of  the  spot  now  occupied 
by  the  Eliot  church.  Previous  to  1652,  he  owned  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  the  N.  W.  part  of  the  village  bounded  west  by  the  Fuller 
Farm,  North  by  Charles  River,  East  by  the  Dummer  Farm  and 
South  and  East  by  the  Mahew  Farm.  It  contained  600  acres 
which  he  probably  bought  of  Pastor  Shepard  or  his  heirs.  By 
his  will  dated  Dec.  5,  1665,  witnessed  by  Elder  Wiswall  and  Hugh 
Mason,  he  bequeathed  to  his  only  son  Thomas  all  his  houses  and 
lands,  after  the  death  of  his  wife  Sarah.  By  his  inventory  dated 
19,  8,  1665,  taken  by  John  Sherman  and  John  Spring,  the  dwelling 
house,  bam,  out  houses  and  600  acres  of  land  adjoining,  whereof 
20  acres  is  broken  up,  is  appraised  at  £660  and  29  acres  elsewhere 
at  £100.  The  whole  amount  of  the  inventory  was  £972.  In 
1657  he  was  one  of  a  committee,  with  Edward  Jackson,  John 
Jackson,  and  Samuel  Hyde,  to  lay  out  and  settle  highways  in  the 
village.  During  the  contest  between  the  village  and  Cambridge, 
to  be  set  off,  he  sent  a  petition  to  the  Court  in  1661  praying  to 

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MONUMENT    ERECTED    IN    NEWTON,    MASS. 

SEPTEMBER    l'*,    1852 

From  photograph  taken  in  191 8 


retain  his  connection  with  the  Cambridge  church.  All  his  prop- 
erty except  600  acres  and  buildings  was  equally  divided  between 
his  two  daughters. 

"The  situation  of  the  large  Park  Farm  in  Newton,  in  relation 
to  Watertown,  accounts  for  the  numerous  alliances  between  the 
descendants  of  Richard  Park  and  Watertown  famiHes.  The  farm 
of  Richard  Park  was  contiguous  to  the  small  parcel  of  land  be- 
longing to  Watertown,  on  the  South  side  of  the  Charles  River 
and  it  is  probable  that  his  residence  was  at  an  early  date  within 
the  bounds  of  Watertown.  .  .  . 

"The  early  settlers  of  Newton,  properly  so  called,  numbered 
only  twenty,  or  at  most  twenty-two.  Among  them  were  Jack- 
son, Fuller,  Hyde,  Park,  Ward,  Wiswall,  Prentice  and  Trow- 
bridge. The  men  bearing  these  names  exercised  a  leading  in- 
fluence in  all  the  affairs  of  the  town.  By  their  prudence,  piety, 
enterprise  and  patriotism  and  virtue,  they  impressed  upon  the 
town  a  character  which  it  is  still  proud  to  maintain.  Richard 
Park  came  to  Newton  from  Cambridge  in  1647.  He  died  there 
in  1665.  He  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  village.  By  his 
will,  he  bequeathed  to  his  only  son  Thomas  this  tract  of  land 
with  the  houses  thereon,  after  the  death  of  his  wife  Sarah,  who, 
in  1665,  moved  to  Duxbury,  Mass.*  His  son  Thomas  married 
Abigail  Dix  of  Watertown  1653  and  they  had  five  sons  and  four 
daughters,  among  whom  this  tract  of  land  was  divided  in  1694, 
(Thomas  having  deceased)  and  the  contents  were  then  about  800 
acres,  Thomas  having  added  by  purchase  200  acres  and  built  a 
com  mill  upon  the  Charles  River,  near  where  the  dam  now  is  in 
the  North  village. 

"Near  the  spot  where  the  Meeting  House  of  the  First  Church 
originally  stood,  a  marble  pillar  was  erected  September  i,  1852, 
with  appropriate  inscriptions  on  the  four  faces,  in  commemoration 
of  the  first  inhabitants  of  the  town  and  recording  their  names.  On 
the  West  side,  the  name  of  Richard  Park  1647-1665,  appears." 

*  The  following  entry  will  be  found  in  the  First  Book  of  the  Plymouth  First 
Church  Records,  Part  III,  p.  22.  The  page  is  dated  1691  and  under  the  heading 
"Members  dyed,"  is  the  record:  "Mrs  Sarah  Parke,  widow,  April  26*^,  in  her  76* 
yeare."    Mayflower  Descendants,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  192. 

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THOMAS    PARK* 

THOMAS  PARK',  only  son  of  Richard  ParkS  was  bom  in 
England  1628  or  1629.  Married,  December  i**,  1653,  Abigail 
Dix,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Jane  Dix,  of  Watertown.  He  died 
August  II*^  1689.    She  died  February  3'**,  1691. 


CHILDREN 

I  Thomas*,  bom  November  2'"*,  1654,  in  Cambridge.  Died  August 
28*^  1681. 

II  John',  born  September  6***,  1656,  in  Cambridge.  Married,  April 
5**',  1694,  Elizabeth  Miller,  of  Watertown.  He  died  March>2i"*,  1717-8. 
They  had  seven  children.     See  forward. 

III  Abigail*,  bom  March  3''*,  1658,  in  Cambridge.  Married,  December 
9***,  1679,  John  Fiske,  of  Watertown,  bom  November  20**',  1655.  He 
died  January  6*'*,  1718.  They  had  eight  children.  Pierce's  Fiske  Geneal- 
ogy, p.  91. 

IV  Edward*,  bom  April  8***,  1661.  Married,  March  is*'',  1694-5, 
Martha  Fiske,  of  Newton,  bom  January  12**',  1670-1.  He  died  March 
I**,  1745.    They  had  four  children. 

V  Richard*,  bom  December  21'*,  1663,  in  Newton.  Married  Sarah 
King,  of  Cambridge  Farms.  He  died  February  i'*,  1737-8.  She  died 
May  16*'',  1727.    They  had  four  children. 

VI  Sarah*,  bom  January  21**,  1666,  in  Newton.  Married,  August 
4*^,  1686,  John  Knapp,  Jr.,  of  Newton,  bom  May  4*"*,  1661.  She  died  in 
1727.     He  died  in  1733.    They  had  two  children. 

VII  Rebecca*,  bom  April  13*^,  1668,  in  Watertown.    Married,  , 

1685-6,  John  Sanger,  of  Watertown,  born  September  6*'',  1657.  Died 
January,  1705.  They  had  six  children.  Genealogies  and  History  of  fFater- 
toton,  Massachusetts,  Vol.  I,  p.  422. 

VIII  Jonathan*,  bom  August  27*'',  1670,  in  Watertown.  Married, 
March  18*'',  1689,  Anna  Spring,  of  Watertown,  bom  September  21"*, 
1671.  He  died  January  23'**,  1718-9.  She  died  April  27*^,  1691.  Gene- 
alogies and  History  of  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  Vol.  I,  p.  385. 

IX  Elizabeth*,  bom  July  28*^  1679,  in  Newton.    Married, ,  1698, 

John  Holland,  of  Watertown,  bom  April  7**',  1674.  They  had  eleven 
children. 

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"Thomas  Park*  settled  upon  the  600  acres  left  him  by  his  father  and 
his  home  was  near  the  Bemis  Mills  on  the  south  side  of  the  Charles  River. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  dated  September  30*^,  1690,  and  was 
witnessed  by  William  Bond,  Isaac  Williams  and  Nathan  Fiske.  The 
estate  was  divided  among  his  heirs,  October  3"*,  1691,  and  finally  settled, 
March  12*'',  1693. 


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JOHN   PARK* 

JOHN  PARK',  second  son  of  Thomas  Park^  and  Abigail  (Dix) 
*^  Park,  was  bom  in  Newton  September  6*'',  1656.  Married, 
second,  April  5*^  1694,  Elizabeth  Miller,  of  Watertown.  He  died 
March  21'*,  1718. 

CHILDREN 

I  Elizabeth*,  bom  February  24*'',  1695.    Died  young. 

II  John*,  bom  December  20*'',  1696,  in  Newton.  Married,  July  14***, 
1720,  Abigail  Lawrence,  of  Newton.  He  died  May  21**,  1747.  Her  will 
is  dated  January  3'*^,  1757.    They  had  six  children. 

III  Solomon*,  bom  October  16*'',  1699,  in  Newton.  Married,  June 
21'*,  1722,  Lydia  Lawrence,  of  Newton.  He  died  January  3"*,  1754. 
They  had  seven  children. 

IV  Elizabeth*,  bom  February  27*'*,  1701,  in  Newton.  Married, 
November  30*"*,  1720,  Joseph  Morse,  of  Newton,  bom  August  19*'',  1693. 

V  Abigail*,  bom  April  20*^  1702,  in  Newton.  Married,  June  16*^, 
1724,  Nathaniel  Whittemore. 

VI  Joseph*,  bom  March  12*'',  1705,  in  Newton.  Married,  June  15*^ 
1732,  Abigail  Greene,  of  Newton,  bom  1704.  He  died  March  i"*,  1777. 
She  died  October  19*'*,  1772.    They  had  nine  children.     See  forward. 

VII  Mary*,  bom  March  I7*^  1708,  in  Newton.  Married,  July  13*'*, 
1727,  Isaac  Sanger. 

The  inventory  of  John  Park's  estate  is  dated  April  g***,  1718, 
and  was  witnessed  by  Jonathan.  Fuller,  Jeremiah  Fuller,  and 
John  Greenwood.  In  the  distribution  of  his  estate.  May  IS***, 
1720,  are  mentioned  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  six  children,  —  John, 
Solomon,  Elizabeth,  Abigail,  Joseph,  and  Mary.  His  wife  ad- 
ministered the  estate.  He  was  a  distinguished  soldier  in  the 
Colonial  Wars  and  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  North- 
field,  November  20*S  1675,  —  "In  the  elbow  joint  and  the  bone 
broken,"  etc.  His  petition  says  it  was  in  the  fight  in  which  Cap- 
tain Beers  was  killed.  He  remained  at  Hadley  till  Major  Apple- 
ton's  march  home,  November  24*''.  Bodges'  Soldiers  in  King 
Phillips*  Wary  pp.  132-149. 

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JOSEPH    PARK* 

JOSEPH  PARKS  third  son  of  John  Park'  and  Elizabeth 
'^  (Miller)  Park,  was  born  in  Newton  March  I2*^  1705.  Mar- 
ried, June  IS*^  1732,  Abigail  Greene,  of  Newton,  bom  1704.  He 
died  March  i'*,  1777.     She  died  October  ig*'',  1772. 


CHILDREN 

I  Jonathan  Greene*,  bom  October  30*'',  1733,  in  Westerly,  R.  I. 

II  Benjamin*,  born  November  i'*,  1735,  in  Westerly.  Married,  De- 
cember 4*S  1757,  Hannah  Stanton  York,  of  Westerly,  bom  June  i"*,  1739. 
He  died  June  17*^,  1775.  She  died  December  — ,  1800.  They  had  nine 
children.     See  forward. 

III  Joseph*,  born  in  Westerly,  November  i"*,  1735. 

IV  Thomas*,  bom  in  Westerly, ,  1738. 

V  Anne*,  bora  in  Westerly, ,  1739.    Married,  September  7*'',  1758, 

Peleg  Pendleton,  of  Stonington,  Conn.,  bom  July  9*'»,  1733.  She  died 
March  20*'',  1817.  He  died  July  io*\  1810.  They  had  eleven  children. 
History  of  Stonington,  p.  532. 

VI  John  Park*,  bom  in  Westerly, ,  1742.    Married,  November  4*'', 

1772,  Abigail  Chapman,  of  Charlestown,  R.  I.  He  died  in  Searsport, 
Maine,  1812.    She  died  March  4*'*,  1790.    They  had  nine  children. 

VII  Henry*,  bom  in  Westerly, ,  1744. 

VIII  Samuel*,  bom  in  Westerly, ,  1747.    Died  September  29*'', 

1747- 

IX  Mary*,  bom  in  Westerly, ,  1749. 

Joseph  Park*,  third  son  of  John  Park'  and  Elizabeth  (Miller) 
Park,  was  bom  in  Newton,  Mass.,  March  12*'',  1705.  After  his 
graduation  at  Harvard  College  in  1720,  with  the  degree  of  B.A., 
subsequently  receiving  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1724,  he  studied 
for  the  ministry,  was  ordained  in  1730,  and  moved  to  Westerly, 
R.  I.,  in  1732,  to  which  place  he  was  appointed  missionary  to  the 
Indians  and  such  English  as  would  attend.    He  entered  his  new 

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field  of  labor  in  1733,  occup5ring  a  meeting-house  on  a  lot  of  land 
given  by  George  Ninegret,  chief  sachem  of  the  Indians.  The  lot 
comprised  twenty  acres  and  was  situated  near  the  post-road  in 
the  eastern  part  of  the  present  town.  His  congregation  came 
from  Westerly,  Charlestown,  and  Narragansett.  This  occurred 
in  1733,  before  the  division  of  the  town  of  Westerly.  Rev.  Mr. 
Park  took  up  his  residence  near  the  center  of  the  town  (now  in 
Charlestown  near  the  boundary  line),  as  being  the  best  location 
near  the  tribe  for  whose  benefit  he  was  sent.  His  house  was  on 
an  elevation  near  the  road,  north  side,  and  the  meeting-house  in 
which  he  oflficiated  was  not  far  distant. 

At  the  time  of  Rev.  Mr.  Park's  arrival  the  white  inhabitants 
attended  the  Sabbatarian  Church,  but  probably  that  house  of 
worship  was  not  large  enough  to  accommodate  but  a  part  of  the 
population  —  for  he  said  "I  found  a  comfortable  appearance  of 
humanity  and  courtesy  among  the  people  —  but  as  I  learned, 
only  one  House  of  Prayer  in  two  large  towns,  that  held  hundreds 
of  families.  Few  possessed  the  faith  of  God's  operations  on  the 
heart,  or  the  true  doctrine  of  grace." 

But  the  Indians  were  not  so  easily  influenced  for  good  as  the 
Plymouth  settlers  imagined.  Their  ancient  chieftain  Ninigret 
had  forbidden  Christians  dealing  with  or  preaching  to  his  people, 
until  the  effect  of  their  doctrine  was  visible  on  the  white  people. 
His  will  was  so  strictly  followed  that  after  a  residence  of  nine 
years  not  a  solitary  Narragansett  was  a  member  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Park's  church  —  yet  at  that  time  he  had  a  respectable  congrega- 
tion of  English  and  natives. 

But  having  labored  nine  years,  in  1742  a  great  revival  sprung 
up  among  the  English;  and  fourteen  members  were  added  to  his 
church.  This  was  succeeded  by  a  great  inquiry  among  the  In- 
dians, many  of  whom  joined  the  church. 

Early  in  the  year  175 1  there  was,  apparently,  a  division  of 
sentiment  in  Mr.  Park's  congregation,  because  on  May  29*''  he 
removed  and  settled  at  Mattatuck,  near  Southfield,  L.  I.,  where 
he  labored  until  1756,  when  he  returned  to  Westerly,  and  was 
formally  settled  again,  May  23'*',  1759.    This  church  established 

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a  Sabbath  school  ♦  thirty  years  before  the  experiment  by  Robert 
Raikes  in  England,  and  Mr.  Park  was  its  first  pastor. 

The  following  letter  was  written  and  sent  to  Mrs.  Park,  after 
she  had  moved  to  Mattatuck: 

Westerly,  March  ye  i6th. 
I7S2. 

Dear  Madam:  I  can  truly  say  you  have  been  the  truest  and  best 
friend  to  me,  and  I  believe  to  all  the  church  you  have  discharged  ye  cov- 
enant vows  and  obligations.  You  have  been  a  great  means  of  strength- 
ening my  hope,  and  conveying  light  to  me.  It  has  been  an  admiration 
to  be  able  to  see  you  sell  all  that  was  near  and  dear  to  you  for  Christ's 
sake,  and  ye  unfeigned  love  that  truly  and  plainly  appears  in  you  toward 
the  brethren  since  our  dismission  from  the  church  of  Christ.  Dismissing 
their  Pastor  in  striving  and  laboring  hard  against  flesh,  and  keeping  the 
gospel  in  ye  faith  and  order  of  it,  in  this  place  or  rather  to  have  settled 
here.  Dear  Madam,  Time  would  fail  me  to  recount  all  the  good  deeds 
ye  have  done  but  now  blessed  be  God  who  hath  given  me  light  —  for 
now  I  can  feel  imperfectly  that  passage  of  Scripture  where  the  woman 
poured  rich  ointment  upon  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  the  Lord  said 
"trouble  not  ye  woman,  for  wherever  the  Gospel  is  preached  throughout 
ye  whole  world,  this  that  she  hath  done  shall  be  spoken  for  a  memorial 
of  her."     So  it  shall  be  of  you. 

Dear  Madam  —  gratitude  demands  more  than  this  from  me.  It  being 
greatly  to  ye  glory  of  God  for  ye  work  is  the  Lords  and  where  God  is  not 
acknowledged  in  His  work  he  is  robbed  of  His  glory.  Begging  an  interest 
in  your  prayers  with  unfeigned  love  to  you  and  yours,  I  remain  your 
humble  and  aflFectionate  brother  and  servant. 

Christopher  Sugar,  Clerk. 
March  ye  i6th  1752. 

Extract  from  the  Westerly  Church  records. 

In  those  days  the  magistracy  was  considered  to  be  an  awful 
power  —  to  be  expected  that  all  men  should  bow  to  its  behests 
without  complaint.  But  Rev.  Mr.  Park  in  his  stem  integrity 
supposed  the  law  of  God  to  be  superior  to  that  of  man,  and  in  one 
instance  in  particular  cast  himself  upon  that  higher  law,  when 
the  laws  of  man  were  administered  in  opposition  to  it,  in  his 
opinion. 

*  See  "Yale  Lectures  on  the  Sunday  School,"  by  Henry  Qay  Trumbull.  John 
Wesley,  minister  to  Savannah,  Ga.,  1736-37,  was  founder  of  the  Sunday  School  of 
Christ  Church  at  that  place. 

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A  sermon  written  by  him  and  published  in  1761  is  preceded 
by  a  narration  of  the  causes  which  led  to  the  publication.  He 
says: 

"Sometime  in  the  winter  of  1759  it  pleased  God  to  visit  the 
town  of  Westerly  with  his  sore  judgment  the  small  pox,  brought 
from  New  York  by  some  boat  men.  The  authority  pressed  the 
widow  Lambert,  to  nurse  the  sick;  she  was  by  birth  an  English 
woman,  had  lived  several  years  in  the  town,  employed  by  some  of 
the  principal  inhabitants  of  the  town  to  school-mistress  for  their 
children  to  good  acceptance,  and  by  her  industry  had  something 
considerable.  The  persons  whom  she  assisted  to  nurse  died  and 
she  was  ordered  to  be  cleansed,  and  sent  home,  which  was  done! 
A  maid  where  she  was  boarding  caught  the  disease,  and  a  woman 
pressed  to  take  care  of  her,  Ann  Chroucher  by  name,  carried  it  to 
another  family.  Being  complained  of,  she  had  nearly  perished 
for  want  of  a  place  to  live  not  belonging  to  the  town  —  but  was 
finally  received  at  Deacon  Gavitts."  A  terrible  clamor  was 
raised  against  her  and  when  she  appeared  in  court  no  one  under- 
took her  defense  until  Rev.  Mr.  Park  kindly  attempted  to  assist 
her.  For  this  he  was  sharply  rebuked  by  the  justice  for  his  in- 
terference. He  took  the  woman  to  his  house  until  he  could  suc- 
ceed in  mitigating  the  sentence  passed  upon  her  by  the  justice. 

His  efforts  were  of  no  avail  —  and  he  then  refused  compliance 
with  their  judgment  as  contrary  to  law.    In  his  narration  he  says: 

"As  I  privately  did  testify  against  such  things  —  that  they 
would  bring  down  the  heavy  judgment  of  God,  I  thought  it  my 
duty  also  to  give  public  warning;  and  accordingly  on  next  Lord's 
day,  I  preached  a  sermon,  Jeremiah  5th  Chapter:  9th  verse  — 
Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things  saith  the  Lord,  and  shall  not  my 
soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this? " 

In  the  sermon  he  says:  "I  have  told  you,  and  it  is  the  truth  of 
God,  that  nothing  short  of  sincere  repentance,  faith  unfeigned 
and  new  obedience  will  help  to  prevent  our  ruin.  I  am  sure  if  we 
go  on  in  the  course  we  generally  do,  distinction  and  misery  are  in 
our  way  —  I  know  not  a  law  of  God  or  a  word  of  his  grace,  but  is 
trampled  under  foot,  broken,  and  despised  by  one  or  another. 

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Will  God  bear  long  with  these  things  ?  Surely  not,  or  if  he  does, 
has  he  done  it  already,  and  will  he  always  bear  with  it? " 

This  sermon  was  preached  in  the  Presbyterian  meeting-house 
in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  upon  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  February, 
1760,  by  Rev.  Joseph  Park,  M.A.,  Minister  of  the  Word  of  God. 

The  following  inscriptions  are  from  old  gravestones  in  the  old 
graveyard  on  the  north  side  of  the  post-road  just  out  of  Westerly 
going  to  Charlestown,  a  few  rods  east  of  the  residence  of  Christo- 
pher Rathbun,  near  where  the  shore  road  enters  the  post-road. 
The  meeting-house  or  church  is  now  gone. 

IN  MEMORY  OF  THE 
REV.  JOSEPH  PARK,  WHO  DIED  MARCH  I,  1777, 
IN  THE  72D  YEAR  OF  HIS  AGE  AND  THE  45TH 
YEAR  OF  HIS  MINISTRY.  HE  WAS  A  FAITHFUL 
MINISTER  OF  THE  GOSPEL,  A  GREAT  PATRIOT, 
A  KIND  HUSBAND,  A  TENDER  PARENT,  A  GREAT 
FRIEND  TO  THE  WIDOW  AND  ORPHAN  AND 
FATHERLESS,  AND  WAS  AN  EXCELLENT  NEIGH- 
*  BOR. 

IN  MEMORY  OF 
ABIGAIL  THE  WIFE  OF  THE  REV.  JOSEPH  PARK 
WHO  DIED  OCT.  I9TH,  I772,  IN  THE  68tH  YEAR 
OF  AGE.  A  FAITHFUL  WIFE,  A  TENDER  MOTHER, 
A  KIND  NEIGHBOR,  A  COMPASSIONATE  AND  , 
STEADFAST  FRIEND,  AND  AN  EXCELLENT 
CHRISTIAN. 

These  stones  were  in  a  good  state  of  preservation  in  1918. 

Joseph  Park's  will  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Westerly, 
R.  I.,  Historical  Society.  It  was  formerly  owned  by  Hannah 
Anne  Parked  born  April  24*N  1804,  died  June  26»\  1888  (great- 
granddaughter),  wife  of  Samuel  Putnam  AveryS  and  was  presented 
to  the  Society  by  one  of  her  sons. 


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BENJAMIN   PARK* 

BENJAMIN  PARK^  second  son  of  Joseph  Park*  and  Abigail 
(Greene)  Park,  was  born  in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  November  i'*, 
1735.  Married,  December  4*^  1757,  Hannah  Stanton  York,  of 
Westerly,  born  June  i'*,  1739,  daughter  of  James  Stanton  York 
and  Jemima  (Shaw)  York.  He  died  June  I7*S  1775.  She  died 
December,  1800. 

CHILDREN 

I  Mary",  bom  September  8*^  1758,  in  Westerly.  Died  at  Parkevale, 
Pa. 

II  Jonathan  Greene',  born  March  5*^  1760,  in  Westerly.  Died 
March  2S*^  1761. 

III  Joseph*,  born  November  13***,  1763,  in  Charlestown,  R.  I. 

IV  Benjamin',  born  September  16*'',  1765,  in  Charlestown,  R.  I. 
Married,  i8oo,  Susanna  Maria  Keens,  of  New  York,  born  December  2°**, 
1776.  He  died  August  5*^  1807.  She  died  February  17*^,  1807.  They 
had  two  children.     See  forward. 

V  Thomas',  born  September  i'*,  1767,  in  Charlestown.  Married, 
December  4*^,  1800,  Eunice  Champlin,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  born  September 
I8*^  1768.  He  died  November  I6*^  1842.  She  died  November  I9*^ 
1857.     They  had  eight  children. 

VI  John',  born  August  29*'',  1769,  was  lost  at  sea. 

VII  Hannah  Stanton',  born  July  12*^,  1771,  in  Charlestown.  Died 
183 1,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

VIII  Henrj^,  bom  September  12*'',  1774,  i"  Charlestown.    Died  1830. 

IX  Susan'. 

Benjamin  Park*  was  bom  in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  November  !••, 
1735,  ^^^  with  his  twin  brother  Joseph,  Jr.,  and  Thomas,  is  given 
the  credit,  by  various  writers,  of  having  fought  at  Crown  Point, 
N.  Y.,  1756  and  at  Fort  William  Henry,  Lake  George,  N.  Y.,  1758, 
also  with  having  participated  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  June 
I7*N  ^775>  "ivhere  he  was  killed"  although  apparently  there  are 
(aside  from  the  letter  written  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Hannah  Stanton 
York  Park,  dated  Charlestown,  R.  I.,  April  20*S  1782,  almost 

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seven  years  after  the  battle)  no  civil  or  military  records  extant 
which  prove  that  Benjamin  Park*  was  officially  commissioned 
and  served  as  Captain  at  this  battle.  Undoubtedly  he  served  in 
the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  wars  and  may  have  been  desig- 
nated as  Captain  when  connected  with  volunteers  called  upon 
for  special  alarms,  etc.     See  the  following: 

April  ii*»',  1756.  Appointed  Wednesday  14*''  as  a  day  of  fasting  and 
prayer,  to  humble  ourselves  before  God,  to  implore  His  gracious  presence 
with,  and  blessings  to  our  young  brethem  Joseph  Park,  Jr.,  Benjamin 
Park  and  Thomas  Park  and  William  Garrit,  all  who  offered  their  desires 
in  writing  to  this  society,  and  we  Pray  that  God  of  His  infinite  mercy  will 
hear  and  answer,  and  also  that  God  would  bless  our  Army  in  general,  who 
are  going  forth  against  our  enemies. 

The  young  men  here  mentioned  were  in  the  expedition  that  went  forth 
for  the  reduction  of  Crown  Point,  N,  Y.,  in  1756.  It  will  be  noticed  that 
three  of  them  were  sons  of  Rev.  Joseph  Park,  who  was  always  a  man  of 
public  spirit. 

Whereas  the  Rev.  Joseph  Park  of  Charlestown  m  the  County  of 
Kings,  presented  this  Assembly  with  a  memorial  setting  forth  that  he 
hath  ever  been  ready  to  contribute  all  the  assistance  in  his  power  to  stop 
his  Majesty's  enemies  from  their  injurious  encroachments  on  his  dominion 
and  just  rights  in  America  and  to  defend  the  Country.  That  in  the  year 
of  1756  he  consented  to  the  voluntary  service  of  three  of  his  sons  who 
served  in  the  expedition  formed  for  the  reduction  of  Crown  Point;  that 
when  they  were  discharged  from  the  service  upon  their  return  homeward, 
they  put  their  clothing  and  other  furniture  to  the  value  of  £100  cur- 
rency, in  their  chest  which  was  unfortunately  lost  in  the  sea.  .  .  . 

That  this  summer  when  the  enemy  attacked  Fort  William  Henry, 
lin  1758]  they  volunteered  in  the  stead  of  officers  who  declined,  that  they 
did  this  without  any  consideration  purely  to  serve  their  country,  that  he 
the  memorialist  was  thereby  put  to  considerable  charge,  wherefore  he 
prays  for  such  allowance  as  should  be  thought  proper. 

On  consideration  whereof  this  Assembly  do  vote  and  resolve  that  the 
sum  of  £100  be  paid  said  Joseph  Park  out  of  the  general  Treasury,  for 
the  use  of  his  aforesaid  sons,  as  an  allowance  for  what  they  lost,  as  afore- 
said, but  that  nothing  be  allowed  them  as  officers.  Rhode  Island  Colonial 
Records^  Vol.  VI,  p.  119,  1758. 

Denison  in  his  "Westerly  and  its  Witnesses"  says  "this  good, 
laborious,  tried  and  faithful  man  [Rev.  Joseph  Park^]  died  at 
his  home  in  Westerly  in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age,  and 
fourty-fifth  year  of  his  ministry."  He  had  nine  children,  three 
of  whom  distinguished  themselves  in  the  Colonial  wars,  viz., 

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Joseph,  Jr.,  Benjamin,  and  Thomas,  notably  at  Crown  Point  in 
1756,  on  Lake  Champlain  and  Fort  William  Henry  in  1758,  on 
Lake  George.  Benjamin  was  prominently  identified  with  the 
struggle  of  the  colonies  in  the  early  days  of  the  Revolution,  march- 
ing to  the  relief  of  the  troops  on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19*'', 
1775.  He  participated  in  the  severe  engagement  at  Bunker  Hill, 
June  17*'',  1775,  "where  he  was  killed" 

His  son,  Captain  Benjamin  Park,  joined  the  patriot  army,  and  was 
never  heard  of  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Drake's  American  Biog- 
raphy, p.  687. 

Benjamin  Park,  Captain,  seven  days  in  service.  AdjU-GeneraV s  Record 
of  Service  of  Connecticut  Men  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

April  the  ii***,  1756,  Joseph  Park,  Jr.,  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Park  and 
Thomas  Park,  Sergeants,  went  forth  for  the  reduction  of  Crown  Point. 

April  the  II**',  1756  Appointed  Wednesday,  ye  14*^  of  this  Instant  as 
a  day  of  Fasting  and  Prayer,  to  Humble  ourselves  before  God,  to  Implore 
his  gracious  presence  with,  and  blessing  to,  our  young  Brethren,  Joseph 
Park,  Jun.,  Lieutenant;  Benjamin  Park  and  Thomas  Park,  Sergeants; 
and  William  Gavit,  Corporal,  all  who  offered  their  Desires  in  writing  to 
this  Society,  (of  which  they  all  are  members);  and  we  pray  that  God  of 
his  Infinite  Mercy  will  hear  and  answer  ...  as  also  that  God  would 
bless  our  army  in  general,  who  are  going  forth  against  our  Enemies. 
Denisons  Westerly  and  its  Witnesses,  p.  72. 

Denison  in  his  work  on  Westerly,  page  no,  says,  "Worthy  of 
conspicuous  and  enduring  record  are  the  noble  sentiments  ex- 
pressed by  the  freemen  of  Westerly  in  the  beginning  of  1774  at  a 
meeting  which  was  the  largest  ever  held  in  the  town." 

The  records  state:  "At  a  town  meeting,  specially  called,  and 
held  at  the  dwelling-house  of  Major  Edward  Bliven,  in  Westerly, 
in  the  county  of  Kings,  Feb.  2,  A.D.  1774,  the  Hon.  Samuel  Ward, 
Esq.,  was  chosen  Moderator. 

"The  Moderator  and  several  other  gentlemen,  viz.,  Joshua 
Babcock,  Esq.,  Mr.  James  Rhodes,  Col.  W"".  Pendleton,  Mr. 
George  Sheffield,  Oliver  Crary,  Esq.,  and  Captain  Benjamin 
Park,  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  take  the  important  sub- 
jects before  the  meeting  into  their  consideration  and  report  as 
soon  as  may  be,  what  measures  will  be  proper  for  the  Town  to 
take  in  the  present  alarming  situation  of  the  Colonies  11 " 

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Mrs.  Hannah  Stanton  Park's  Petition  For  Relief  * 

To  the  HonorabUy  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations,  to  be  holden  at  Newporty  in  said  State,  in  May,  1782. 

The  Memorial  of  Hannah  Stanton  Park,  of  Charlestown  (widow), 
Humbly  showeth  that  Captain  Benjamin  Park,  your  Memorialist's  late 
husband,  being  highly  impressed  with  the  Justness  of  the  American  War, 
and  zealous  at  the  risk  of  his  life,  of  rendering  his  country  every  service 
in  his  power,  did,  in  the  beginning  of  the  month  of  June,  1775,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  forty  pounds  lawful  money,  arm,  and  otherwise  equip  himself; 
and  set  himself  out  to  join  his  brethren  in  the  American  Army  then  lying 
against  and  blockading  the  British  Army  in  Boston. 

That  he  arrived  among  our  troops  some  few  days  before  our  troops  took 
possession  of,  and  broke  ground  on  Bunker  Hill.  That  in  pursuit  of  his 
laudable  intentions  he  joined  himself  with  that  brave  handful  of  men 
under  the  command  of  the  never  to  be  forgotten  General  Warren,  with 
full  purpose  at  the  risk  of  his  life,  to  contribute  all  in  his  power  to  defend, 
that  important  hill. 

When  your  Memorialist's  husband  was  in  that  dreadful  acrion  of  the 
17th  of  June,  where  he  received  two  wounds  from  the  enemy  in  the  action 
of  that  day,  and  was,  in  the  retreat  of  our  army,  left  to  suffer  the  cruel 
rage  of  a  merciless  enemy.  Since  which  time  he  has  not  been  heard  of, 
nor  found  among  the  living,  and  your  Memorialist  having  thus  suffered 
in  the  cause  was  left  a  widow  with  eight  small,  fatherless  children  to 
support,  without  any  consolation  but  of  that  of  his  having  spilt  his  blood 
for  his  Country's  cause. 

That  your  Memorialist  hath  ever  since,  even  beyond  her  ability, 
exerted  and  contributed  all  in  her  power  to  pay  taxes  to  carry  on  the 
war  and  has  of  late  been  obliged  to  borrow  money  for  that  purpose,  in- 
somuch that  the  debt  she  has  contracted  to  discharge  her  taxes,  and 
support  her  family,  hath  increased  to  a  large  debt  upon  her.  Wherefore 
your  Memorialist  would  pray  the  interposition  of  your  Honors  in  her 
favor,  and  that  she  may  have  some  just  part  of  the  public  monies  ade- 
quate to  her  late  husband's  losses  in  arms  and  necessaries  in  the  public 
service.  Or  that  your  Honors  would  otherwise  take  into  consideration 
her  distressed  circumstances,  and  grant  and  enact  that  she  may  in  future 
be  exempted  from  all  public  taxes  during  the  war,  or  such  time  as  your 
Honors  in  your  great  wisdom  shall  think  just  and  reasonable. 

And  your  Memorialist  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray. 

Your  Honor's  Humble  Servant 
H.  S.  Park. 

Dated  at  Charlestown 

This  20*^  day  of  April,  A.D.  1782. 

*  Narragansett  Historical  Register,  Vol.  I,  p.  217. 
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BENJAMIN   PARKE* 

BENJAMIN  PARKE*  (who  added  the  final  e  to  his  name)  was 
the  third  son  of  Benjamin  ParkS  born  September  i6*^  1765, 
in  Charlestown,  R.  I.  Married,  1800,  Susanna  Maria  Keens,  of 
New  York,  bom  December  2°«^,  1776,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Giles)  Keens.  He  died  August  5*S  1807.  She  died  Feb- 
ruary I7*S  1807. 

CHILDREN 

I  Susanna^. 

II  Hannah  A^ne^  born  April  24*'',  1804,  in  New  York.  Married, 
January  i"*,  182 1,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  of  New  York,  born  January 
I'*,  1797.  She  died  June  26*^  1888,  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  He  died  July 
24*'',  1832,  in  New  York.    They  had  six  children.     See  forward. 

Benjamin  Parke*  went  to  New  York  after  his  mother's  death, 
December,  1800,  and  engaged  in  the  shipping  business  with  his 
brother  Joseph.  He  died  in  New  York  City,  August  5***,  1807, 
and  was  buried  in  Trinity  Churchyard  on  Broadway,  New  York 
City,  about  eighteen  paces  north  of,  and  near  the  west  end  of  the 
church.  Susanna  his  wife  was  born  December  2"^,  1776,  and  died 
February  17*'',  1807.  She  is  buried  in  Trinity  Churchyard  on 
Broadway,  in  the  same  grave  with  her  mother  Mary  Keens,  and 
next  to  her  husband,  Benjamin  Parke. 


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TOMBSTONE    OF    CAPTAIN    BENJAMIN    PARKE** 
AS  IT  NOW  STANDS  (1917)  IN  GOOD  CONDITION,  IN  TRINITY  CHURCH- 
YARD,  NEW  YORK,  ABOUT  EIGHTEEN  PACES  NORTH  OF  AND  NEAR 
THE    WEST    END    OF   THE    CHURCH.      THE   TOMBSTONE    ON 
THE    RIGHT    IS   THAT   OF    HIS    WIFE's    MOTHER 


HANNAH  ANNE   PARKE' 

TTANNAH  ANNE  PARKE^  second  daughter  of  Benjamin 
-■'  ■■■  Parke^  and  Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke,  was' bom  April 
24*^  1804,  in  New  York.  Married,  January  i«S  1821,  Samuel 
Putnam  Averyi",  of  New  York,  born  January  i«*,  1797.  She  died 
June  26*^  1888.    He  died  July  24*^  1832. 

CHILDREN 

I  AveryS  Samuel  Putnam,  bora  March  I7"»,  1822,  in  New  York.  Mar- 
ried, November  24*^  1844,  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  of  New  York,  bom  December 
I'*,  1825,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  and  Katharine  (Conklin)  Ogden,  of 
New  York.  He  died  August  ii*'»,  1904,  in  New  York.  She  died  April 
29*^  191 1,  in  Hartford,  Conn.    They  had  six  children.     See  forward. 

II  Avery*,  Hannah  Stanton,  born  October  12*'',  1824,  in  New  York. 
Married,  May  2"^  1854,  Charies  R.  Cornell,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  born  June 
20**',  1806.  She  died  June  25*\  1885,  in  New  York.  He  died  September 
I2***,  1866.     They  had  one  daughter. 

III  AveryS  Susan  Jane,  bom  December  11*'',  1826,  in  New  York. 
Married,  December  5*\  1850,  Stephen  Avery,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.  She 
died  March  18*^,  1912,  in  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.  He  died  January  i**, 
1853,  in  New  York.    They  had  one  son. 

IV  Avery*,  Benjamin  Parke,  born  November  11*'',  1828,  in  New  York. 
Married,  November  27*'*,  i86i,  Mary  Ann  Fuller,  of  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  bom  July  I3*^  1827.  He  died  November  8"",  1875,  in  Peking, 
China.  She  died  June  9*^,  1913,  in  San  Francisco.    They  had  no  children. 

V  Avery*,  Mary  Rebecca  Halsey,  bom  August  10*'',  1830,  in  New  York. 
Married,  June  7*'',  1856,  Rev.  T.  De  Witt  Talmage,  of  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  born  January  7*^  1832.  She  died  June  7*'',  1861,  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.    He  died  April  12*'',  1902,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.   They  had  two  children. 

VI  Avery*,  Charles  Russell,  bom  October,  1832,  in  New  York.  Died 
August  S*N  1833. 

Hannah  Anne  (Parke)  Avery',  second  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Parke'  and  Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  April  24*'',  1804.     Her  womanhood  was  passed  in 

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kindly  deeds,  patriotic  efforts,  and  charity  which  was  as  broad  as 
it  was  bountiful,  knowing  no  creed  or  color.  In  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion  of  the  slave-holding  states  she  was  active  in  sending 
delicacies  to  our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  in  caring  for  their 
widows  and  orphans,  and  was  the  chief  instrument  in  founding  a 
home  for  the  children  of  the  dead  soldiers.  She  subsequently 
became  identified  with  Mrs.  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  in  extending  this 
work,  and  was  at  one  time  vice-president  when  Mrs.  Grant  was 
president  of  the  National  Organization. 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY" 

QAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY',  third  son  of  Samuel  Putnam 
^  Avery'  and  Hannah  Anne  (Parke^)  Avery,  was  born  in  New 
York  March  i7*\  1822  (M.A.,  Columbia  University,  1896). 
Married,  November  24*^  1844,  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  of  New  York, 
born  December  i»*,  1825,  daughter  of  Henry  Aaron  Ogden  and 
Katharine  (Conklin)  Ogden.  He  died  August  II*^  1904,  in  New 
York.    She  died  April  29»^  191 1,  in  Hartford,  Conn.  ' 


CHILDREN 

I  Mary  Henrietta',  bom  October  4*^  1845,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died 
April  7*'\  1900,  in  New  York. 

n  Samuel  Putnam',  born  October  7*'',  1847,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  St* 
forward. 

III  Fanny  Falconer',  born  November  3"*,  1849,  in  Brookljm,  N.  Y. 
Married,  February  is*'',  1881,  Rev,  M.  P.  Welcher,  of  Newark,  N.  Y., 
bom  October  27^^,  1850  (Williams  College,  1877).  She  died  July  22»«*, 
191 8,  in  Hartford,  Conn.    They  had  four  children. 

IV  Henry  Ogden',  bora  January  3i»*,  1852,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died 
April  30*^  1890,  in  New  York. 

V  Emma  Parke',  bora  August  29*'',  1853,  in  Brookl3m,  N.  Y.  Died 
August  31'*,  1857,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

VI  Ellen  Walters',  bom  January  I**,  1861,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Died 
March  2S*\  1893,  in  New  York. 

Samuel  P.  Avery',  who  is  dead  at  a  ripe  age,  was  one  of  those  men, 
more  plentiful  in  a  world  much  accused  of  sordidness  than  the  world 
knows,  who  do  good  without  employing  a  press  agent  to  state  the  fact. 
Beginning  life  as  an  engraver,  he  naturally  acquired  an  interest  in  art, 
and  became  one  of  the  best  known  dealers  in  pictures  in  the  metropolis. 
It  was  to  his  encouragement  that  many  of  the  American  as  well  as  not  a 
few  of  the  foreign  artists  owed  their  success.  The  various  societies  or- 
ganized for  sales  and  exhibitions,  and  the  various  schools  established  for 
the  teaching  of  art  in  all  its  branches,  had  his  quiet  but  effective  and 
monetary  support.    At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  seven 

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of  these  societies,  and  was  a  patron  of  most  of  the  schools.  But  his  use- 
fuhiess  and  his  generosity  extended  beyond  his  chosen  field.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  three  public  libraries,  a  founder  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum, 
a  veteran  of  the  army,  a  giver  to  charities,  he  endowed  several  free  beds 
in  hospitals,  he  took  a  part  in  educational  work  in  the  South,  and  in 
measures  designed  to  protect  and  enlighten  the  Indian,  he  created  the 
library  in  the  Teachers  College,  and  made  and  endowed  the  library  of 
architecture  in  Columbia  University  which  gave  to  him  [in  1896]  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  To  the  Lenox  Library  he  gave  his  remarkable 
collection  of  prints  and  examples  of  lithography,  illustrating  that  art  in 
its  completeness,  these  gifts  numbering  over  17,000.  Withal  he  was  not 
a  remarkably  rich  man,  and  he  never  put  himself  on  exhibiti9n  when  a 
service  was  to  be  done  for  the  community,  although  he  was  one  who  could 
be  counted  upon  to  do  more  than  his  share  of  it.  His  memory  is  held  in 
love  and  reverence  by  the  whole  body  of  painters,  sculptors,  architects 
and  medalists,  whom  he  assisted,  and  by  the  educators  of  the  country. 
He  set  an  example  worthy  to  be  kept  before  those  who  have  either  wealth 
or  talent  ta devote  to  the  public  interest.    Brooklyn  Eagle,  August  13*^, 

1904- 

The  vagaries  and  habits  of  the  collector  are  legion,  while  his  motives 
are  as  varied  as  his  habits.  Some  men  collect  books  for  investment,  resell 
their  libraries,  and  gloat  over  the  profits;  others  buy  purely  with  the  idea 
of  reading,  while  again  some  have  the  dual  motive  of  pleasure  in  reading 
rare  books  and  of  a  shrewd  investment.  To  none  of  these  classes  did  the 
late  Mr.  Samuel  P.  Avery  belong.  He  was  a  collector  primarily  for  his 
own  pleasure  and  delectation,  and  secondarily  for  the  purpose  of  doing 
good  to  those  to  whom  he  was  a  benefactor  and  of  helping  those  from 
whom  he  was  a  purchaser.    He  was  that  rara  avis,  an  altruistic  collector. 

Mr.  Avery  began  life  as  an  engraver  on  copper,  and  early  had  his  at- 
tention drawn  to  the  artistic  and  mechanical  part  of  book-making.  He 
was  once  employed  by  a  bank  note  company.  It  was  natural,  therefore, 
that  all  through  his  career  he  should  be  an  ardent  admirer  as  well  as  col- 
lector of  specimens  of  fine  book-making,  as  regards  type,  illustration, 
and  general  format. 

Mr.  Avery  also  practiced  wood  engraving,  and  became  very  skillful 
at  his  art.  He  compiled  and  illustrated  several  volumes  of  humorous 
quality,  and  those  who  knew  him  soon  discovered  that  he  possessed  a 
keen  sense  of  humor.  It  was  a  matter  of  course  that  when  The  Grolier 
Club  was  founded  in  1884  Mr.  Avery  should  take  a  deep  interest  in  its 
object  and  work,  and  all  through  his  career  he  was  a  constant  attendant 
at  its  meetings,  working  on  important  committees,  besides  serving  the 
club  as  its  president.  It  is  said  that  his  record  for  attendance  at  the 
monthly  members*  meetings  exceeded  that  of  any  other  member  of  this 
well-known  organization.  Not  only  was  his  interest  manifested  by  the 
giving  of  his  time,  but  Mr.  Avery  early  began  to  present  the  library  of 
the  club  with  books,  engravings,  bindings,  etc.  As  a  collector  Mr.  Avery 
was  most  discriminating  and  careful  in  his  buying,  and  early  formed  one 

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LE 


BIBLIOMANE 


To  Mr.  Samuel  P.  Avery 

I  have  illustrated  this  little  book  (Le  Bibliomane 
par  Charles  Nodier),  with  particular  interest,  because  of 
my  connection  with  Mr.  Nodier's  family,  and  the 
affection  I  had  for  his  little  son  who  has  just  died. 
As  for  the  water-color,  I  have  had  great  pleasure  in 
using  it,  as  a  frontispiece,  and  in  it  put  the  figure  of  a 
man  of  taste  and  a  true  book  lover,  for  whom  I  have 
profound  esteem  and  sincere  friendship. 

Maurice  Leloir 

Parit,  July  loth,  1896 


of  the  best  collections  of  bookbmdings,  as  a  fine  art,  ever  made  in  this 

country. 

Every  institution  in  this  country  with  which  he  was  directly  associated, 
and  many  which  had  no  possible  claim  upon  him,  were  enriched  by  his 
gifts.  To  the  Avery  Architectural  Library  he  gave  his  very  complete 
collection  of  books  on  fine  bindings,  and  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of 
Art  was  a  frequent  recipient  of  books  of  interest,  particularly  those  re- 
lating to  etchings,  engravings,  and  the  allied  arts.  Even  remote  college 
libraries  received  unsolicited  gifts,  generally  relating  to  the  arts  and 
crafts. 

It  is  said  by  one  of  Mr.  Avery's  most  intimate  friends  that  his  Hbrary 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  not  a  large  one,  because  he  was  such  a  con- 
stant giver  of  books.    It  represented  only  the  undistributed  remnant. 

The  writer  has  been  in  some  of  Mr.  Avery's  haunts  in  Paris  and  Lon- 
don, and  wherever  he  was  a  familiar  figure  the  verdict  was  the  same; 
namely,  that  he  was  a  most  well-informed,  modest,  courteous,  kindly 
gentleman  of  the  old  school  whose  object  seemed  to  rather  give  than  to 
get.  One  phase  of  his  kindliness  will  long  be  remembered  by  men  greatly 
his  junior.  He  never  seemed  to  look  down  upon  them,  but  always  treated 
them  as  possessing  great  possibilities,  and  many  a  kind  word  spoken  to  a 
young  engraver  or  bookbinder  was  followed  by  a  substantial  order.  Mr. 
Avery  did  not  do  like  some  collectors,  wait  until  the  fame  of  an  artisan 
or  artist  was  established  and  his  name  on  every  one's  lips,  and  then  to 
seek  his  wares,  but  he  early  recognized  merit  and  took  an  especial  pride 
in  being  among  the  first  to  order  the  work  of  new  men. 

Mr.  William  Matthews,  the  first  American  binder  who  gained  stand- 
ing as  a  master,  was  a  lifelong  friend  of  Mr.  Avery's,  and  the  writer  well 
remembers  watching  Mr.  Avery  at  the  jale  of  Mr.  Matthews's  library 
some  years  ago,  securing  books  which  had  formed  the  subject  of  their 
united  taste,  and  many  hours  of  discussion. 

Of  bookplates,  he  used  three,  if  not  more;  one  engraved  by  the  English 
master,  C.  W.  Sherborn,  one  made  for  the  Avery  Architectural  Library, 
one  engraved  by  French,  forming  No.  lo  in  Mr.  Lemperly's  check  hst. 
This  was  made  in  memory  of  his  daughter.  Miss  Ellen  Walters  Avery, 
whose  library  was  presented  by  her  father  to  the  Teachers  College,  and 
is  dated  March  25*^  1893.  It  is  one  of  the  most  successful  of  Mr.  French's 
creations.  The  design  represents  a  lyre,  telescope,  daisies,  etc.,  worked 
into  an  elaborate  border,  while  an  open  book  of  music,  an  astronomy,  a 
natural  history,  a  church  history,  a  volume  of  poems,  and  the  "Imitation 
of  Christ "  are  set  in  an  artistic  group,  evidently  representing  the  tastes 
of  his  daughter. 

Mr.  Avery  was  a  delightful  letter  writer,  and  something  of  a  punster, 
while  he  prided  himself  on  saying  all  he  had  to  say  on  a  given  subject  in 
the  briefest  possible  way.  His  notelets  became  famous,  and  a  friend  of 
the  writer  has  told  of  many  such  being  preserved  by  him  because  they 
were  too  clever  and  quaintly  humorous  to  throw  away. 

One  can  see  him  now  seated  at  his  desk  in  his  library  (which  was  in 

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the  front  room  of  the  second  story  of  his  house),  opening  his  morning  mail 
from  correspondents  almost  all  over  the  globe,  giving  advice  here,  or- 
dering books  there,  writing  kindly  notes  to  various  people  who  were  dis- 
couraged about  their  failures,  and  always  preserving  the  equipoise  and 
kindliness  which  were  so  characteristic  of  himself  in  all  that  he  wrote. 
His  letters,  if  published,  would  form  a  charming  chronicle  of  art,  life,  and 
thought  in  New  York  for  the  last  fifty  years.  Evening  Post,  August  27*^, 
1904. 


Samuel  Putnam  Avery,  one  of  the  original  Trustees  of  the  Museum, 
died  on  August  11*'',  1904,  after  thirty-four  years  of  continuous  service. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  Trustees: 

The  early  founders  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  have  nearly 
all  passed  away.  Presidents  Johnston,  Marquand,  and  Rhinelander 
have  gone  over  to  the  majority.  It  now  becomes  our  painful  duty  to 
record  upon  our  minutes  the  death  of  our  late  associate  and  friend, 
Samuel  Putnam  Avery. 

Mr.  Avery  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  the  Museum 
and  was,  until  his  death,  one  of  its  most  useful,  active,  and  intelligent 
members.  He  brought  to  the  service  of  the  Museum  a  large  experience 
in  the  world  of  art,  a  mind  enriched  by  travel  and  trained  by  the  ob- 
servation and  study  of  the  world's  famous  collections.  His  conscientious 
devotion  to  all  his  duties  was  remarkable.  His  business  brought  him  in 
frequent  contact  with  the  great  painters  of  the  last  half  century,  both  at 
home  and  abroad,  and  many  of  the  best  works  of  foreign  masters  passed 
through  his  hands.  After  his  retirement  from  business  his  activity  was 
continued  in  the  several  public  institutions  in  which  he  was  a  hard- 
working trustee. 

Mr.  Avery  was  also  a  most  discriminating  collector  of  porcelains, 
bronzes,  and  other  art  objects,  and  of  fine  books.  His  library  was  small 
but  choice,  and  was  rich  in  bindings,  executed  by  the  famous  bibliopegists 
of  the  present  and  former  times.  It  is  probable  that  Mr.  Avery's  name 
will  be  best  known  and  longest  remembered  by  reason  of  his  extraordinary 
liberality  (often  concealed  from  public  observation)  both  to  individuals 
and  institutions.  A  large*  proportion  of  the  books,  prints,  bronzes,  etc., 
in  The  Grolier  Club,  were  presented  by  him.  In  nearly  all  of  the  art 
clubs  of  the  city  will  be  found  mementos  of  his  thoughtful  consideration, 
and  his  gifts  were  not  confined  to  this  city  alone.  This  Museum  is  in- 
debted to  Mr.  Avery  for  a  valuable  collection  of  medals  by  Roty,  and  a 
large  number  of  paintings  and  art  objects,  and  he  was  a  constant  con- 
tributor to  its  library.  In  Mrs.  Avery's  name  he  enriched  the  Museum 
with  a  large  collection  of  rare  and  valuable  antique  silver  spoons. 

The  bequest  to  the  New  York  Public  Library  of  17,000  etchings,  a 
collection  representing  the  patient  and  intelligent  work  of  forty  years, 
shows  how  catholic  Mr.  Avery  was  in  selecting  art  treasures  and  how 
thoughtful  he  was  for  the  public  welfare  in  distributing  them  during  his 

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BRONZE    TABLET   IN   THE    AVERY   ARCHITECTURAL 
LIBRARY,    COLUMBIA    UNIVERSITY 

BY   J.    C.    CHAPLAIN,    PARIS,    189I 


lifetime.  In  memory  of  a  daughter  who  died  in  1893  Mr.  Avery  estab- 
lished a  library  in  the  Teachers'  College,  giving  his  daughter's  books,  to 
which  he  added  many  others. 

The  crowning  glory  of  Mr.  Avery's  beneficence  is  the  architectural 
library  presented  to  Columbia  University  in  memory  of  his  son,  Henry 
Ogden  Avery,  a  talented  young  architect.  This  library  is  said,  upon 
good  authority,  to  be  one  of  the  best  in  this  country  on  this  special 
subject. 

Mr.  Avery  was  a  friend  to  all  good  men.  His  regard  for  those  favored 
with  his  intimate  acquaintance  will  always  be  a  fragrant  memory.  An 
hour  spent  in  his  company  among  the  many  attractive  objects  in  his 
private  library  was  serenely  enjoyable.  He  was  a  man  of  the  highest 
ideals,  who  placed  character  above  all  other  attainments.  As  a  well- 
deserved  recognition  of  his  long  and  disinterested  service,  seventy-five 
friends  presented  him  with  a  gold  medal  on  his  seventy-fifth  birthday. 

His  example  will  remain  an  inspiration  for  good  deeds.  He  has  made 
the  world  better  worth  living  In  for  those  who  come  after  him. 

J.  PiERPONT  Morgan, 

President, 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  ArL 

RUTHERFURD    StUYVESANT  JnO.   CrOSBY   BrOWN 

Wm.  L.  Andrews  Jno.  L.  Cadwalader 

John  Bigelow  H.  C.  Fahnestock 

Chas.  Stewart  Smith  Edward  D.  Adams 

Robert  W.  deForest  Geo.  A.  Hearn 

Whitelaw  Reid  Wm.  Church  Osborn 

Elihu  Root  Frederick  Dielman 

Jno.  S.  Kennedy  Chas.  F.  McKim 

D.  O.  Mills  Daniel  C.  French 

Thirty-fifth  annual  report  of  the  trustees  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of 
Art,  New  York,  1905. 


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BENJAMIN    PARKE   AVERY" 

"DENJAMIN  PARKE  AVERYS  second  son  of  Samuel  Put- 
■^  nam  Avery  and  Hannah  Anne  (Parke')  Avery,  was  bom  in 
New  York  November  ii***,  1828.  Married,  November  27*^ 
1861,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Mary  Ann  Fuller,  born  July  13*'', 
1827.  He  died  November  8*^  1875,  in  Peking,  China.  She  died 
June  9***,  1913.    There  were  no  children: 

The  telegraphic  announcement  of  Hon.  B.  P.  Avery's  death  reached 
here  yesterday  via  the  Atlantic,  but  we  refrained  from  stating  the  fact 
with  the  faint  hope  that  the  news  might  prove  to  be  untrue.  We  were 
unwilling  to  believe  that  our  friend  had  been  called  away,  notwithstand- 
ing the  known  ravages  of  the  disease  which  for  years  held  him  in  its  toils 
and  caused  him  mental  and  bodily  torture  such  as  seldom  falls  to  the  lot 
of  man.  His  geniality  and  patience  enabled  him  to  bear  more  than  others, 
though  his  physical  powers  were  never  on  a  par  with  his  master  mind. 
Benjamin  Parke  Avery  was  bom  and  reared  in  New  York,  and  obtained 
the  groundwork  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  He 
was  for  a  while  engaged  in  printing  and  engraving  in  New  York,  but 
from  the  time  of  leaving  school  was  a  hard  student.  He  was  studious 
from  the  first  and  a  regular  visitor  to  the  bookstores.  In  1849,  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years,  he  sailed  for  San  Francisco  via  Cape  Horn,  and 
upon  his  arrival  here  engaged  in  mining  with  indifferent  success.  He 
often  said  that  some  of  the  happiest  moments  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the 
mining  camps  of  Nevada,  Yuba,  Trinity  and  Siskiyou,  and  many  were  the 
entertaining  anecdotes  he  would  relate  of  his  mining  experience.  Nature 
never  intended  him  for  the  hardships  appertaining  to  placer  mining  in 
those  days,  and  he  wisely  changed  his  pursuit  and  established  a  drug- 
store at  North  San  Juan,  Nevada  County.  Subsequently  he  established 
the  San  Juan  Press,  which  under  his  administration  became  one  of  the 
best  country  papers  of  the  state.  The  hearts  of  the  people  in  this  little 
camp  warmed  towards  him,  as  was  always  the  case  in  every  community 
that  was  favored  with  his  presence,  and  it  was  with  sincere  regret  that 
they  saw  him  leave  for  Marysville.  In  the  latter  city  he  started  the 
Marysville  Appeal,  in  connection  with  Noah  Brooks,  now  of  the  New 
York  Times,  and  the  paper  soon  attracted  attention  for  its  ability  and 
fairness.    Afterwards  he  held  the  position  of  State  Printer  for  two  years, 

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having  been  elected  by  the  Republicans.  In  1873-4  he  was  the  l^isla- 
tive  correspondent  for  the  Bulletin  and  soon  thereafter  entered  the  edi- 
torial rooms  of  that  journal,  first  performing  the  duties  of  the  city  editor 
and  a  few  months  later  occupying  a  position  as  one  of  the  leading  editorial 
writers.  It  was  in  the  latter  capacity  that  he  especially  distinguished 
himself. 

Although  debarred  from  a  collegiate  course  he  possessed  a  knowledge 
of  the  classics  such  as  seldom  falls  to  the  lot  of  graduates.  In  science, 
literature,  and  art  he  was  remarkably  well  versed,  and  it  was  often  said 
of  him  that  he  could  take  any  topic  of  the  day  and  treat  it  with  singular 
ability  and  thoroughness  and  surprising  dispatch.  He  appealed  to  the 
good  sense  and  the  honor  of  the  pubUc,  in  dealing  with  public  questions, 
and  won  adherents  for  the  right  measures  where  others  would  have  failed. 
He  was  eloquent,  persuasive,  candid.  He  was  conscientious  in  thought 
and  deed.  He  endeared  himself  to  his  associates  by  countless  deeds  of 
kindness  and  self-sacrifice.  No  one  could  come  in  contact  with  him  with- 
out realizing  his  goodness  of  heart.  We  are  saying  nothing  new  to  the 
people  of  California,  for  we  know  that  his  reputation  as  a  man  of  sterling 
worth  has  reached  every  city,  town,  and  hamlet,  in  the  state.  Year  after 
year  great  bronzed,  bearded  miners  dropped  into  the  Bulletin  editorial 
rooms  to  see  their  old  friend  "Ben  Avery,"  as  they  were  wont  to  call 
him,  and  he  was  proud  of  their  friendship. 

After  nine  years  of  hard  work  upon  the  Bulletin  Mr.  Avery  retired  on 
account  of  ill-health  and  took  to  the  mountains.  In  January,  1874,  he 
became  editor  of  the  Overland  Monthly  Magazine,  a  position  which  he 
held  for  six  months,  when  he  departed  for  China  as  United  States  Minister. 
His  diplomatic  services  in  China  were  of  great  value  to  the  Government, 
and  his  record  there,  as  elsewhere,  was  admirable  in  every  respect.  The 
honorable  and  useful  career  of  Mr.  Avery  has  had  few  parallels  in  this 
country.  The  pen  that  can  do  justice  to  the  nobility  of  his  character  has 
never  been  made.  But  we  who  knew  the  good  man  gone  will  waft  our 
benisons  to  his  bier  and  cherish  his  memory.  Daily  Stock  Report,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  December,  1875. 

The  intelligence  that  Hon.  Benjamin  P.  Avery,  American  Minister  to 
China,  is  dead,  will  cause  sincere  sorrow  all  over  this  coast.  He  was  a 
man  in  whom  the  graces  of  a  brilliant  mind  were  adorned  and  heightened 
by  a  character  absolutely  pure.  Many  of  us  remember  when  his  pen 
marked  a  new  departure  in  California  journalism,  and  when  the  thought- 
ful men  of  the  coast  asked,  "Who  is  this  writer,  who  can  state  truths 
without  being  offensive,  and  can  charm  those  even  who  disagree  with 
him  by  the  beauty  and  purity  of  his  diction? "  There  was  nothing  of 
dash  or  bluster  in  Mr.  Avery.  His  greatest  happiness  was  in  doing  his 
duty.  The  strength  of  his  manhood  was  spent  in  trying  to  hft  up  the 
thoughts  and  keep  warm  the  patriotism  of  his  countrymen  by  daily 
counselling  them  in  the  right  as  he  saw  the  right.    Many  a  wanderer  on 

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this  coast  is  a  better  man  because  the  words  of  Benjamin  Avery  reached 
his  heart  at  the  right  time.  We  can  estimate  the  lawyer's  influence,  or 
the  doctor's,  but  no  one  can  tell  how  much  of  good  follows  a  life  spent  as 
were  the  best  days  of  Mr.  Avery.  The  most  of  us  say  things  which  in 
cooler  moments  or  with  a  more  extended  experience  we  might  wish  had 
not  been  said.  But  Avery's  life  seemed  rounded  full  from  the  first,  leav- 
ing nothing  to  be  unsaid  of  all  his  words,  nothing  to  regret,  if  memory,  as 
the  shadowy  angel  drew  near,  reviewed  before  him  the  works  of  his  past 
life.  His  career  in  California  commenced  as  editor  of  a  small  interior 
paper.  His  abilities  drew  him  up  step  by  step  until  he  controlled  for 
many  years  the  foremost  journal  of  California.  His  final  reward  was  his 
appointment  as  Minister  to  China  —  an  appointment  which  the  whole 
coast  endorsed.  While  yet  a  young  man  he  has  been  called  away  —  sum- 
moned to  that  court  where  Love  and  Peace  and  Mercy  are  the  am- 
bassadors. There  will  gather  around  his  memory  thousands  of  sorrow- 
ing hearts,  and  the  epitaph  which  the  whole  coast  will  join  in  writing  for 
him  will  be:  "Here  lies  one  who  was  gifted  without  being  proud;  brave 
and  strong  and  true  without  being  aggressive;  pure  and  good  without 
being  ostentatious.  One  whose  highest  dream  was  to  do  his  duty;  whose 
highest  wish  was  to  glorify  his  country  and  make  happier  his  country- 
men; who  bore  his  life  as  though  it  were  but  a  trust  bestowed  upon  him 
to  use  for  the  welfare  of  his  fellow  men,  and  to  be  returned  upon  call." 
Territorial  Enterprise,  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  December  i'*,  1 875. 


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SAMUEL   PUTNAM   AVERY" 

pEDIGREE   connection  with    Richard    Park',  who   came   to 
■'-     Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1635. 

1.  Great-grandfather,  Richard  ParkS  bom  m  England,  1602.  Died 
in  Newton,  Mass.,  1665.  Came  over  in  the  ship  Defence  and  arrived  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  October  3"*,  1635.  Great-grandmother,  Margery  (Crane?) 
Park,  born  in  England,  1595.    Died  in  Plymouth,  Mass. 

2.  Great-grandfather,  Thomas  Park',  bom  in  England,  1629.  Died 
in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  August  II*^  1690.  Great-grandmother,  Abigail 
(Dix)  Park,  bom  in  Watertown,  Mass.  Died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
February  3"*,  1691. 

3.  Great-grandfather,  John  Park',  bom  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 6*'',  1656.  Died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  March  21'*,  1718.  Great- 
grandmother,  Elizabeth  (Miller)  Park,  bom .    Died . 

4.  Great-grandfather,  Joseph  ParkS  bom  in  Newton,  Mass.,  March 
12*^,  1705.  Died  in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  March  i"*,  1777.  Great-grand- 
mother, Abigail  (Greene)  Park,  bom  in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  1703.  Died  in 
Westerly,  R.  I.,  October  19*^*,  1772. 

5.  Great-grandfather,  Benjamin  Park*,  bom  in  Westerly,  R.  I., 
November  i'*,  1735.  Died  at  Bunker  Hill  (.?)  June  I7*^  1775.  Great- 
grandmother,  Hannah  Stanton  (York)  Park,  bom  in  Westerly,  R.  I., 
June  I'*,  1739.     Died  December,  1800. 

6.  Great-grandfather,  Benjamin  Parke",  bom  in  Charlestown,  R.  I., 
September  I6*^  1765.  Died  in  New  York  August  s*'',  1807.  Great- 
grandmother,  Susanna  Maria  (Keens)  Parke,  bom  in  New  York  De- 
cember 2°^  1776.     Died  in  New  York  Febmary  17***,  1807. 

7.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Pumam  Ave^y^  bom  in  New  York,  January 
I"*,  1797.  Died  in  New  York  July  24*^  1832.  Grandmother,  Hannah 
Anne  (Parke^),  bom  in  New  York  April  24*'',  1804.  Died  in  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.,  June  26*^,  1888.    Avery  Family,  p.  68. 

8.  Father,  Samuel  Pumam  Avery*,  bom  in  New  York  March  17**, 
1822.  Died  in  New  York  August  1 1*\  1904.  Mother,  Mary  Ann  (Ogden) 
Avery,  bora  in  New  York  December  i'*,  1825.    Died  in  Hartford,  Conn., 

April  29*^  191 1.  i-k      L       tk 

9.  Samuel  Pumam  Avery»  was  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  7   , 

1847. 


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A  SHORT  NARRATION   OF   FACTS 

Concerning 
Mr.  RICHARD  WARREN 

Majfiower  Passenger 
1620 

AND  HIS  FAMILY  CONNECTIONS 
WITH  THOMAS  LITTLE,   1630 


AUTHORITIES  CITED 

For  the  following  records  of  the  Richard  Warren  and  Thomas 
Little  families  in  America  see: 

Avery  Family  Genealogy,  pp.  iii,  112,  116,  117,  118,  122. 

Bradford's  History  "Of  Plitnoth  Plantation"  pp.  532-537. 

Cheever's  The  Journal  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth,  pp.  27-42. 

Davis'  Ancient  Landmarks  of  Plymouth,  pp.  99,  138,  etc. 

Freeman's  History  of  Cape  Cod,  Vol.  I,  p.  65. 

Goodwin's  Plymouth  Republic,  pp.  34-68,  etc. 

Haxton's  Signers  of  the  Mayflower  Compact,  Vol.  I,  p.  21. 

Mayflower  Descendants,  Vols.  II,  III,  IV,  XV. 

Morton's  New  England's  Memorial,  1826,  pp.  38-44,  135. 

Plymouth  Colony  Records,  Vol.  I,  pp.  18-54,  etc. 

Plymouth  Colony  Wills,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  40. 

Plymouth  Deeds,  Vol.  II,  p.  12. 

Pope's  Pioneers  of  Massachusetts,  p.  288. 

Richards'  History  of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  Vol.  II,  p.  76. 

Roebling's  Richard  Warren  of  the  Mayflower,  p.  6. 

Russell's  Guide  to  Plymouth,  pp.  46,  131,  138,  249. 

Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England. 

Thomas'  Memorials  of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts. 

Vital  Records  of  ScituaU,  Massachusetts,  Vol.  I,  pp.  239,  240. 


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THE   MAYFLOWER   PILGRIMS 

TTISTORY  states  that  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  was  discovered  by 
-■-  ■■■  Bartholomew  Gosnold,  an  intrepid  mariner  from  the  west 
of  England,  who  sailed  from  Falmouth  in  Cornwall  on  the  26*'' 
of  March,  1602,  in  a  small  barque,  the  Concord,  with  thirty-two 
men,  for  the  coast  known  at  that  time  as  North  Virginia.  In- 
stead of  proceeding  as  was  usual,  by  way  of  the  Canaries  and 
West  Indies,  he  kept  as  far  north  as  the  winds  would  permit,  and 
was,  for  aught  that  appears  to  the  contrary,  the  first  Englishman 
who  came  in  a  direct  course  to  this  part  of  the  American  Con- 
tinent. 

In  fact,  it  is  not  certain  that  any  European  had  ever  been 
here  before.  Bancroft  confidently  asserts  that  Cape  Cod  was  the 
"first  spot  in  New  England  ever  trod  by  Englishmen."  On  the 
14*''  of  May,  Gosnold  made  land  and  the  next  day  found  himself 
"embayed  with  a  mighty  headland,  which  at  first  appeared  like 
an  island  by  reason  of  the  large  sound  that  lay  between  it  and 
the  main." 

Near  this  Cape,  "within  a  league  of  the  land,  he  came  to  an- 
chor, in  fifteen  fathoms,"  and  his  crew  took  a  quantity  of  cod- 
fish, from  which  circumstance  he  named  the  land  Cape  Cod. 

This  part  of  the  country  is  next  brought  to  public  notice  as  the 
first  landing  place  of  the  pilgrims,  who  sailed  from  Plymouth, 
England,  September  6*^  1620,  in  the  Mayflower,  commanded  by 
Captain  Jones,  and  arrived  in  Cape  Cod  harbor  November  ii*S 
1620  (old  style). 

It  is  said  that  the  first  act  of  the  Pilgrims  after  their  arrival 
was  to  "fall  on  their  knees  and  oflFer  thanksgiving  to  God,  who 
brought  them  safe,  and  delivered  them  from  so  many  perils." 
After  solemnly  invoking  the  throne  of  Grace,  they  next  proposed 

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that  all  the  males  that  were  of  age  should  subscribe  to  a  written 
compact,  which  was  probably  the  first  instrument  the  world 
ever  saw,  recognizing  true  republican  principles,  and  entrusting 
all  powers  in  the  hands  of  the  majority,  thus  laying  the  founda- 
tions of  American  liberty. 

THE    COMPACT 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  We  whose  names  are  underwritten,  the 
loyal  subjects  of  our  dread  sovereign,  King  James,  by  the  grace  of  God, 
of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King,  defender  of  the  faith,  etc., 
having  undertaken  for  the  glory  of  God,  and  advancement  of  the  Chris- 
tian faith,  and  honor  of  our  King  and  country,  a  voyage  to  plant  the 
first  colony  in  the  northern  parts  of  Virginia,  do  by  these  presents, 
solemnly  and  mutually,  in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  one  another, 
covenant  and  combine  ourselves  together  into  a  civil  body  politic,  for 
our  better  ordering  and  preservation  and  furtherance  of  the  ends  afore- 
said; and  by  virtue  hereof,  do  enact,  constitute,  and  frame  such  just  and 
equal  laws,  ordinances,  acts,  constitutions,  and  offices,  from  time  to 
time,  as  shall  be  thought  most  meet  and  convenient  for  the  general  good 
of  the  colony,  unto  which  we  promise  all  due  submission  and  obedience. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunder  subscribed  our  names,  at 
Cape  Cod,  the  ii*'*  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  the  reign  of  our  sov- 
ereign lord,  King  James  of  England,  France,  and  Ireland,  the  eighteenth, 
and  of  Scotland  the  fifty-fourth.  Anno  Domini,  1620. 


THE    SIGNERS 


1  Mr.  John  Carver*     .    . 

2  Mr.  William  Bradford* 

3  Mr.  Edward  Winslow* 

4  Mr.  William  Brewster* 

5  Mr.  Isaac  Allerton*  . 

6  Capt.  Miles  Standish* 

7  John  Alden     .... 

8  Mr.  Samuel  Fuller    . 

9  Mr.  Christopher  Martin 

10  Mr.  William  Mullins* 

11  Mr.  William  White*. 

12  Mr.  Richard  Warren 

13  John  Howland  .    .    , 

14  Mr.  Stephen  Hopkins" 


Number  in 
family 

8 


IS 

16 

17 
18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 
24 

25 
26 
27 
28 


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Number  in 
family 

Edward  Tilley* 4 

John  Tilley 3 

Francis  Cooke 2 

Thomas  Rogers 2 

Thomas  Tinker*     ....  3 

John  Ridgdale*  ....    *  2 

Edward  Fuller* 3 

John  Turner 3 

Francis  Eaton* 3 

James  Chilton*  .....  3 

John  Crackston 2 

John  Billington*    ....  4 

Moses  Fletcher I 

John  Goodman I 


29 

30 

31 
32 

33 
34 
35 


Degory  Priest .  .  . 
Thomas  Williams  . 
Gilbert  Winslow  . 
Edmund  Margeson 
Peter  Brown  .  .  . 
Richard  Butteridge 
George  Soule .    .    . 


Number  in  Number  in 

family  family 

36  Richard  Clarke I 

37  Richard  Gardiner ....     I 

38  John  Allerton I 

39  Thomas  English I 

40  Edward  Dotey  .   ,  .   .   . 

41  Edward  Leister 


Those  marked  *  brought  their  wives;  those  in  italics  were  in  their  graves 
before  the  end  of  March.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  one  English  settlers,  were 
twenty  females  accompanying  their  husbands,  and  forty-two  children  and  serv- 
ants.   Freeman's  History  of  Cape  Cod,  Vol.  I.,  p.  65. 


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RICHARD  WARREN* 

"niCHARD  WARRENS  of  Greenwich  County,  Kent,  Eng- 
-'■^  land,  sailed  from  Plymouth  in  the  Mayflower,  September  6*'', 
1620,  and  arrived  in  Cape  Cod  harbor  November  ii***  (old  style). 
His  wife  Elizabeth  arrived  in  the  Jnn,*  late  in  July,  1623,  with 
her  five  daughters:  Mary*,  Ann*,  Sarahs  Elizabeth*,  and  Abigail*. 

Mr.  Richard  Warren;  but  his  wife  and  children  were  left  behind 
and  came  afterwards.  Mr.  Richard  Warren  lived  some  4  or  5  years  and 
had  his  wife  over  to  him,  by  whom  he  had  2  sons,  before  dyed,  and  one 
of  them  is  maryed  and  hath  2  children,  so  his  increase  is  4. 

But  he  had  5  daughters  more  come  over  with  his  wife,  who  are  all 
married  and  living  and  have  many  children.  Bradford's  History  of 
Pltmoth  Plantations. 

Richard  Warren  was  from  London  and  joined  the  Leyden  Pilgrims 
in  July,  1620,  at  Southampton,  where  the  Mayflower  and  the  Speedwell 
first  set  sail  for  America.    He  was  married  in  England,  before  161 1,  to 

Elizabeth  ?  whose  maiden  name  is  unknown  and  had  by  her  five 

daughters:  Mary,  Anna,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail,  who  were  left  in 
England  and  came  to  Plymouth,  with  their  mother,  in  1623. 

Nothing  is  known  of  his  life  before  he  joined  the  Pilgrims  on  the  May- 
flower and  there  are  very  few  references  to  him  in  the  Plymouth  Colony 
Records,  or  the  works  of  contemporary  writers,  doubtless  owing  to  his 
early  death  in  1628. 

It  will  be  seen,  by  referring  to  the  "Compact,"  that  Richard  Warren 
was  one  of  the  eleven  designated  by  Bradford,  by  the  title  of  "Mr.,"  of  the 
forty-one  signers. 

Wednesday,  November  15*'',  "sixteen  men  were  sent  out  with  every 
man  his  musket,  sword,  and  corselet,  under  the  command  of  Captain 
Miles  Standish  to  explore  the  country." 

After  wandering  about  the  land  for  several  days,  discovering  the 
Indians,  finding  com  and  fresh  water,  they  returned  to  their  vessel. 
They  made  other  exploradons,  but  not  deeming  the  place  good  to  settle 

•  "This  vessel  {Ann)  of  146  tons,  arrived  late  in  July  and  brought  about  96 
passengers." 

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in,  they  sailed  to  Plymouth,  landing  there  December  20**,  1620,  and 
began  a  settlement.     Avery  Genealogy,  pp.  111-118. 

The  Journal  of  the  Pilgrims  says:  "Richard  Warren  was  one  of  the 
three  from  London,  and  one  of  the  ten  principal  men,  who,  with  Captain 
Standish,  two  mates,  one  gunner  and  three  Saylers,  set  out  m  the  shallop,* 
6^  December,  1620,  on  their  final  trip  of  discovery,  and  who  first  landed 
on  the  Rock,  in  Plymouth. 

"There  were  seven  children,  five  daughters  coming  from  England  with 
their  mother,  and  two  sons,  bom  in  Plymouth,  Nathaniel*,  and  Joseph'. 
The  five  daughters  married  respecdvely,  Bartlett,  Little,  Cook,  Church, 
and  Osborne."     Morton's  New  England  Memorial,  1826. 

"Richard  Warren  stands  at  the  head  of  the  g***  share  in  the  division 
of  cattle  in  1627.  His  location  of  lands  was  near  the  Eel  river,  and  the 
farm  is  still  possessed  by  his  descendants."  Prince  in  his  Chronology 
says:  "1628,  this  year  dies  Mr.  Richard  Warren,  a  useful  instrument 
and  bore  a  deep  share  in  the  difficulries  attending  the  first  settlement  of 
New  Plymouth." 

Plymouth  Colony  Record  says:  "Mistress  Elizabeth  Warren,  an  aged 
widdow,  aged  above  90  years,  deceased  on  the  second  day  of  October, 
1673,  whoe  haveing  lived  a  Godly  life,  came  to  her  grave  as  a  shoke  of 
com  fully  ripe." 


CHILDREN 

I  Mary*,  married,  1628,  Robert  Bartlett,  bora  in  England,  1603,  who 
came  in  the  Ann,  July,  1623.  They  had  two  sons  and  six  daughters.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  purchasers  of  Dartmouth,  and  died,  1676,  aged  seventy- 
three. 

n  Ann*,t  married,  19*''  April,  1633,  Thomas  Little*,  who  came  from 
England  to  Plymouth  in  1630.  He  was  a  lawyer,  and  his  coat  of  arms 
u  still  preserved  at  the  old  homestead,  in  the  house  of  Luther  Little  at 
Sea  View,  Mass.,  formerly  known  as  Littletown.     See  fonoard. 

HI  Sarah',  married,  March  28*'',  1634,  John  Cooke,  son  of  Francis 
and  Esther  Cooke,  who  came  with  his  father  in  the  Mayflower,  1620,  was 
old  enough  to  be  taxed  in  1636,  as  high  as  his  father  and  had  four  chil- 
dren living  in  1650.  He  was  ten  times  a  deputy  from  Plymouth  and 
many  times  a  deacon.  Removed  and  was  minister  of  Dartmouth,  1676, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  first  purchasers  and  representative  in  1673. 
He  was  Hving,  1694,  the  oldest  survivor,  perhaps,  of  the  male  passengers 
in  the  Mayflower. 

•  "A  sloop  rigged  craft  of  twelve  to  fifteen  tons,  which  they  had  brought  be- 
tween decks,  having  been  obliged  to  take  her  partly  to  pieces  for  storage."  PUgrvm 
Republic. 

t  Plymouth  Colony  Wills,  III,  i,  40. 

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IV  Elizabeth',  married,  1636,  Richard  Church,  bom  1608,  came  over 
in  1630,  admitted  a  freeman  of  Plymouth  Colony,  October  4*'',  1632.  He 
was  a  carpenter,  and  one  of  the  designers  and  builders  of  the  first  regular 
church  edifice  at  Plymouth.  To  them  in  1639  a  little  Benjamin  was 
bom,  who  became  a  colonel  and  was  famous  in  the  Indian  wars.  In 
1642  the  court  employed  him  to  make  a  gun  carriage  for  the  fort.  He 
was  made  a  local  magistrate  and  represented  his  town  in  the  Plymouth 
legislature.  In  1649  he  sold  some  land  at  Eel  River  to  Robert  Bartlett  (his 
brother-in-law)  for  £25,  and  took  for  £8.  10.  o.  a  red  ox  called  "Mouse." 
He  died  in  Dedham,  December,  1668.  She  died  in  Hingham,  4*''  March, 
1670. 

V  Abigail*,  married,  1639,  Anthony  Snow,  of  Plymouth,  1638,  in 
Marshfield,  1643.  He  was  representative,  after  1656,  for  twenty  years. 
They  had  five  children. 

VI  Nathaniel',  married,  November  19*'*,  1645,  Sarah  Walker,  who 
was  the  granddaughter  of  Jane  Collier,*  but  it  is  not  known  who  were  her 
parents.  He  died  at  Plymouth,  1667,  between  July  16*''  and  October 
21"*.     She  died  in  1700. 

VII  Joseph',  married,  165 1,  Priscilla  Faunce,  daughter  of  John  and 
Patience  (Morton)  Faunce,  and  sister  of  the  famous  elder,  Thomas 
Faunce. 

General  James  Warren,  who  at  the  death  of  General  Joseph  Warren,  at 
Bunker  Hill,  succeeded  him  as  President  of  the  Congress  of  the  Province, 
was  the  Pilgrim's  great-great-grandson. 

Goodwin's  Pilgrim  Republic^ 
Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary, 
Mayflower  Descendants. 

*  See  Richard  Park\  page  91. 


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LITTLE    COAT   OF    ARMS 
Photographed,  1919,  from  the  original  painting  now  owned  by  Luther  Little  of 
Sea  View,  Mass.    This  place  was  formerly  known  as  Littletown,  a  part  of  Marsh- 
field,  and  is  seventeen  miles  from  Plymouth.    Mr.  Little  is  a  direct  descendant  of 
Thomas  Little  who  came  to  Plymouth  in  1630. 


THOMAS  LITTLEi 

n^HOMAS  LITTLE^  was  born  in  England,  and  according  to 
•*■  many  writers  arrived  here  in  1630,  but  it  is  not  positively 
known  when,  or  on  what  ship  he  came.  The  earliest  date  in  the 
Plymouth  records  is  January  2"'*,  1632/3,  when  he  was  taxed. 
He  married,  April  19*^  1633,  Ann,  bom  in  England  about  161 2, 
daughter  of  Richard  Warren^  (the  Mayflower  passenger)  and 
Elizabeth  Warren.  He  bought  a  shallop  in  1633,  was  enrolled  for 
military  service  in  August,  1643,  at  Plymouth,  as  was  every 
other  male  in  the  Colony  between  16  and  60,  on  that  date. 

At  Plymouth  there  is  record  of  a  deed  made  by  "Thomas 
Little  sometimes  inhabitant  of  the  Towne  of  Plym:"  and  joined 
in  by  "Ann  the  wife  of  the  said  Thomas  Little,"  dated  2""*  August, 
1652,  in  which  they  sell  to  Richard  Foster  "All  that  his  house 
and  land  lying  and  being  at  the  Eelriver  in  the  Township  of 
Plymouth  aforesaid  whereon  the  said  Thomas  Little  formerly 
lived"  with  "all  that  his  lott  or  share  of  Land  which  he  had  with 
his  wife  being  twenty  acres  bee  it  more  or  less  being  bounded  on 
the  one  Side  with  the  Land  of  Robert  Bartlett"  (who  came  in  the 
Ann,  July,  1623,  and  married,  1628,  Mary  Warren',  daughter  of 
Richard  Warren^)  "and  on  the  other  Side  with  the  Lands  of 
Joseph  Warren  the  north  end  abutting  upon  the  Eelriver  afore- 
said." He  evidently  had  removed  to  Marshfield  before  August 
2""*,  1652,  from  the  phraseology  of  the  deed. 

The  illustration  facing  the  first  page  of  the  issue  (January, 
1913,  Mayflower  Descendants,  Vol.  XV,  p.  23)  reproduces  portions 
of  two  documents  now  in  the  "Scrap  Book,"  in  the  Registry  of 
Deeds  at  Plymouth.  The  oldest  paper  is  signed  by  Thomaa 
Little  and  William  Pearse  as  witnesses,  and  is  a  bond  for  £100, 
Sterling,  dated  November  8*N  1657/8.     The  second  paper  is  a 

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bond  for  £80,  dated  January  3'*,  1666,  and  signed  Thomas  Little, 
as  witness. 

Thomas  Little  was  buried  at  Marshfield,  March  12*'',  1671/2. 
His  widow  died  afur  February  I9*S  1675/6. 


CHILDREN 

I  Abigail*,  married  Josiah  Keene. 

II  Ruth*,  died  after  February  I9**»,  1675/6. 

III  Hannah*,  married,  January  15*'*  or  25*^  1661,  Stephen  Tilden. 
She  died  May  13*^  1710. 

IV  Patience*,  bom  about  1639.  Married,  November  ii***,  1657, 
Joseph  Jones.    She  died  October  25*^,  1723,  at  Hingham. 

V  Mercy*,  married  the  last  of  November,  1666,  John  Sawyer.  She 
was  buried  February  10*^,  1693. 

VI  Isaac*,  born  about  1646.  Married  in  1674,  or  earlier,  Bethiah 
Thomas.  He  died,  November  24*^,  1699,  at  Marshfield.  She  died, 
September  23"*,  1718,  at  same  place. 

VII  Ephraim',  bom  May  17*^,  1650,  at  Plymouth.  Married,  No- 
vember 22"^,  1672,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Sturtevant,  of  Plymouth. 
He  died  at  Scituate,  November  24*'',  1717.  She  died,  same  place,  Feb- 
ruary 10*'',  1717/18.    They  had  nine  children.     See  forward. 

VIII  Thomas*,*  killed,  March  26*^  1676,  at  Rehoboth,  in  fight  with 
Indians.     He  did  not  marry. 

IX  Samuel*,  bom  about  1657.  Married,  May  i8*'»,  1682,  Sarah 
Gray,  bom  at  Plymouth,  August  12*'',  1659.  He  died  at  Bristol,  R.  I. 
(then  in  Massachusetts),  January  iS***,  1707/8.  She  died,  same  place, 
Febmary  14*^  1736/7. 

•  He  was  younger  than  his  brother  Ephraim,  but  was  of  age  when  he  made  his 
win.  He  was  therefore  bom  between  1651  and  1655.  Thomas*  Little  and  his 
brother  Samuel  were  called  "my  two  younger  sonnes"  in  their  father's  will. 


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EPHRAIM  LITTLE* 

"T^PHRAIM  LITTLE*,  seventh  child  of  Thomas  Little*,  and 
Ann,  daughter  of  Richard  Warren*  {Mayflower  passenger), 
and  Elizabeth  Warren,  was  bom  at  Plymouth  May  17*'',  1650. 
Married,  November  22"'*,  1672,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Sturte- 
vant,  of  Plymouth.  He  died  at  Scltuate,  November  24*»»,  171 7. 
She  died,  same  place,  February  10*'',  1717. 

The  will  of  "Mr.  Ephraim  Little,  Late  of  Marshfield  who  de- 
ceased at  Scituate  November  the  Twenty  fourth  171 7,"  is  re- 
corded in  Vol.  4  of  Wills,  Registry  of  Probate,  Plymouth,  pp.  113- 
116,  and  is  dated  7*''  March,  1715,  proved  24**'  December,  1717. 
He  mentions:  "My  beloved  wife  Mary  Little,"  "My  daughter 
Mercy  Otis,"  "My  daughter  Ruth  Avery,"  "Ephraim  my  eldest 
son"  (to  him  real  estate  and  a  negro  boy),  "My  son  David  .  .  . 
a  Cane  with  a  Silver  Head." 


CHILDREN 

I  Anna*,  bom  August  23'^,  1673.  Married,  at  Boston,  July  3'**,  1694, 
Thomas  Cray  (half-brother  of  her  uncle  Samuel  Little's  wife).  She 
died  at  Little  Compton,  Mass,  (now  in  Rhode  Island),  October  16*'', 
1706.     He  died,  same  place,  November  5***,  1721. 

II  •,  an   unnamed   daughter,    buried  at   Marshfield,  June  14*^, 

1675. 

III  Ephraim*,  bom  September  27*^  1676.  Married,  November  29**, 
1698,*  at  Plymouth,  Sarah  Clarke.  He  died,  November  24**',  1723,  at 
Plymouth. 

"In  1699,  after  two  years  probarion,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
First  church,  Plymouth  (built  by  Richard  Church  who  married  Eliza- 
beth Warren*),  and  continued  in  the  Ministry  until  his  death,  November 
24*'',  1723."     Pilgrim  Republic,  pp.  34-596. 

"Here  lyes  buried  the  body  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim  Little,  Pastor  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  at  Plymouth,  aged  47  years  2  mos  and  6  D.  Deceased 
Nov  ye  24*'',  1723  "     Epitaphs  from  Burial  Hill,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  p.  12. 

•  See  illustration  of  leather  trunk,  marked  1698  E.  L.,  the  year  he  was  married. 

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The  will  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Little  appears  in  Vol.  4,  Plymouth  Wills, 
pp.  432-434.  It  is  dated  18*^  February,  1712-13,  proved  30*''  April, 
1724.  He  leaves  all  to  his  wife  "Sarah."  One  item  in  the  inventory  is, 
"one  Quarter  Part  of  ye  Sloop  High  Pine." 

IV  Mercy*,  bom  February  26*'',  1678.  Married  Job  Otis  (son  of 
John),  bom  at  Scituate,  March  20*\  1677.  She  died  at  Scituate  in  1755. 
He  died,  same  place,  1758. 

V  David*,  bom  at  Marshfield,  March  18*'',  1680/1.  Married,  first, 
at  Little  Compton,  December  2"**,  1703,  Elizabeth  Southworth,  born 
September  23"*,  1686,  and  died  at  Scituate  April  10*'',  1743.  Married, 
second,  October  21'*,  1746,  Abigail  Bailey,  who  died  at  Scituate  February 
5*'*,  1775,  aged  75  years,  9  months.    He  died  at  Scituate,  February  9*"*, 

1779. 

VI  John*,  bom  at  Marshfield,  March  18*'',  1682/3.  Married  at  Little 
Compton,  April  8*'',  1708,  Constant  Fobes,  born  June  29*^*,  1686,  new 
style.  She  died  at  Marshfield  June  29*'',  1771.  He  died,  same  place, 
February  26*'',  1767. 

In  Vol.  19,  page  464,  appears  the  inventory  dated  28*"*  April,  1767,  of 
"John  Little  Esq.,  re  late  of  Marshfield,"  the  amount  of  his  estate  being 
£4345.  15.  10.,  one  item  being,  "To  side  arms  4.  o.  o."  The  will  and  in- 
ventory of  his  wife,  "Mrs.  Constant  Little  Late  of  Marshfield  deceased," 
dated  18*''  November,  1767,  proved  6  August,  1777,  is  given  in  Vol.  21,  pp. 
196-7.  She  speaks  of  herself  as  "Constant  Little  of  Marshfield  in  the 
County  of  Plymouth  Widdow,"  gives  6  shillings  to  each  of  her  "six  sons, 
Fobes  Little,  John  Little,  Ephraim  Little,  Thomas  Little,  William 
Little  and  Lemuel  Little,"  and  gives  the  rest  of  her  estate  to  "my  son 
Abijah  White  and  my  daughter  Ann  White  his  wife  and  to  my  son  Tobias 
Oakman  and  my  daughter  Ruth  Oakman  his  wife." 

VII  Mary*,  bom  July  7*^  1685,  died  October  I8*^  1685. 

VIII  Ruth*,  bom  November  23'*^,  1686.  Married,  November  23"*, 
1710,  Rev.  John  Avery*,  born  Dedham,  Mass.,  February  4**^,  1685/6. 
She  died  at  Tmro,  Mass.,  October  i'*,  1732.  He  died,  same  place,  April 
23^^*  1754-    They  had  ten  children.     See  forward. 

IX  Barnabas*,  born  February  8*'',  1691/2.  Died  February  23"*, 
1691/2. 


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RUTH  LITTLE' 

"O  UTH  LITTLE'  was  the  eighth  child  of  Ephraim  Little*, 
-*-^  and  Mary  (Sturtevant)  Little,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Mr.  Richard  Warren^  {Mayflower  passenger);  also  sister  of  Ephraim 
Little',  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Plymouth.  She  was 
bom  at  Marshfield,  Mass.,  November  23 '^  1686.  Married, 
November  23"*,  1710,  the  Rev.  John  Aver)r*,*  of  North  Truro, 
Mass.  He  was  born  at  Dedham,  Mass.,  February  4*'',  1685/6,  died 
at  North  Truro  April  23"^,  1754.  She  died,  same  place,  October 
!■*,  1732.    They  had  ten  children.    Avery  Family,  pp.  26-27. 

*  "The  Rev.  John  Avery*  was  ordained  November  i"*,  1711,  as  pastor  of  the 
First  Church  in  Truro. 

"The  charge  was  given  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nathaniel  Stone,  of  Harwich,  Mass., 
and  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  by  the  Rev.  Ephraim  Little*,  of  Plymouth,  Mast. 
(brother-in-law  to  Mr.  Avery)."     Avery  Genealogy,  pp.  116-117. 

"There  are  now,  1919,  in  the  Christian  Union  Church,  North  Truro,  two  pewter 
plates,  thirteen  inches  in  diameter,  stamped  W.  EUwood,  London,  and  two  pewter 
tankards:  on  the  handles  of  which  is  inscribed,  Ruth  Avery  to  Truro  C^  1721." 
Also  two  cups,  of  solid  silver,  inscribed,  "This  belongs  to  ye  church  in  Truro,  1730." 
Avery  Genealogy,  p.  122.    Avery  Family,  p.  3S- 


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SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY" 

PEDIGREE  connection  with  Richard  Warren*,  who  came  from 
England    in    the    May  flower  y    November    ii*S    1620     (Old 
Style),  and  Thomas  Little,  who  arrived  in   1630. 

1.  Richard  WarrenS  bom  in  England  (?)  died  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
1628.  Elizabeth  (?)  Warren,  born  (?)  England,  died  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
October  2*"*,  1673,  "aged  above  90  years." 

2.  Great-grandfather,  Thomas  Little*,  bom  (?)  England,  came  to 
America  in  1630,  "buried  at  Marshfield,  Mass.,  March  12*'',  1671/2." 
Great-grandmother,  Ann  (Warren*)  Little,  born  in  England,  1612  (?). 
Died  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  February  19*^,  1675/6. 

3.  Great-grandfather,  Ephraim  Little*,  bom  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
May  17*'',  1650,  died  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  November  24*^*,  1717.  Great- 
grandmother,  Mary  (Sturtevant)  Little,  bom  (?),  died  in  Scituate,  Mass., 
February  10*'',  1717. 

4.  Great-grandfather,  John  Avery*,  bom  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  February 
4***,  1685/6,  died  in  Truro,  Mass.,  April  23"*,  1754.  Avery  Family,  p.  26. 
Great-grandmother,  Ruth  (Little*)  Avery,  bom  in  Marshfield,  Mass., 
November  23'**,  1686,  died  in  Truro,  Mass.,  October  i'*,  1732. 

5.  Great-grandfather,  Ephraim  Avery%  born  in  Truro,  Mass.,  April 
22*'*,  1713,  died  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  October  20*^,  1754.  Great-grand- 
mother, Deborah  (Lothrop)  Avery,  bom  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  January  9*\ 
1716/7,  died  in  Highlands,  N.  Y.,  October  4*'',  1777. 

6.  Great-grandfather,  Ephraim  Avery',  born  in  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
April  13**',  1741,  died  in  Rye,  N.  Y,  November  5*'',  1776.  Great-grand- 
mother, Hannah  (Piatt)  Avery,  bom  1737,  died  in  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May  13*^ 
1776. 

7.  Great-grandfather,  John  William  Avery',  bom  in  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May 
24*'',  1767,  died  in  New  York,  1799.  Great-grandmother,  Sarah  (Fair- 
child)  Avery,  bom  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  February  28*^,  1773,  died  in 
New  York,  May  6*'',  1837.    Fairchild  Family ,  p.  80. 

8.  Grandfather,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  born  in  New  York,  January 
!•*,  1797,  died  in  New  York,  July  24**',  1832.  Great-grandmother, 
Hannah  Anne  (Parke)  Avery,  bom  in  New  York,  April  24*'',  1804,  died 
in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  June  26*^  1888.    Park  Family,  p.  107. 

9.  Father,  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  bom  in  New  York,  March  I7**», 

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i822,  died  in  New  York,  August  ii*'»,  1904.  Mother,  Mary  Ann  (Ogden) 
Avery,  born  in  New  York,  December  i'*,  1825,  died  in  Hartford,  Conn., 
April  29*'',  191 1. 

10.  Samuel  Putnam  Avery",  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Putnam  Avery" 
and  Mary  Ann  (Ogden)  Avery,  bom  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  7*^, 
1847. . 


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INDEX 


AVERY  FAMILY 


Achincloss,  Mary  R.  F.,  40 
Adams,  Edward  D.,  66 

Herbert  66 

William,  23 
Addington,  Isa,  31 
Alden,  Ebenezer,  18 
Alexander,  John  W.,  66 
Alleyn,  Edward,  16 
Anderson,  A.  A.,  66 

Edwin  H.,  66 
Andrews,  William  L.,  64,  66  ' 
Angier,  Samuel,  37 
Arden,  Agnes,  3 

Robert,  3 
Ascot,  Margery,  ± 
Atkins,  Nathaniel,  34 
Austen,  John,  j 
Austin,  Francis,  20 
Avery,  Abigail,  24,  27,  29 

Alderman,  2,  6 

Allen,  6 

Andrew,  8 

Ann,  27 

Anna  Cushman,  26 

Annah,  6 

Barsheba,  6 

Benjamin,  6 

Benjamin  Parke,  50,  57,  58,  59,  60,  61 

Catharine,  6 

Charles  R.,  50 

Christian,  6 

Deborah,  41 

Deborah  Lothrop,  26, 40, 43, 46, 52, 67 

Deborah  Putnam,  46 

Dorothy,  14 

Dudley,  2,  6 

Ebenezer,  14 

Elisha,  40 

Elisha  Lothrop,  46,  48 

Elizabeth  3,  24,  26,  29,  40 

Elizabeth  Draper,  46 

Elizabeth  Lane,  14,  24,  26,  52,  67 

Ellen  Walters,  51 

Emma  Parke,  51 

Ephraim,  26,  27,  28,  38,  39,  40,  41, 
42.  43.  45.  46,  47.  48.  52.  55.  67 


Avery,  Eunice  Putnam,  40 
Fanny  Falconer,  51,  57,  6a 
Frances,  2,  6,  7,  67 
Giles,  6 

Grace,  xvii,  xviii 
Hannah,  14 
Hannah  Anne  Parke,  48,  50,  ci,  58, 

68 
Hannah  Piatt,  40,  46,  48,  52,  67 
Hannah  Stanton,  50 
Henry,  2 

Henry  Ogden,  51,  55,  56,  63,  64,  65 
Hester,  6 
Isoult  Barry,  3 
Jacob,  2,  s,  6 
Jane,  6   ^ 
Jane  Greenough,  xi 
Jane  Gunning,  48 
Jane  Thatcher,  27 
Jerusha,  xvii 
Toane,  2,  3,  6,  8 
Joanne,  6,  67 
fob,  27,  28,  29,  38,  39 
fohan, 3 
[ohane,  ^ 
John,  xviii,  2,  3,  6,  2A,  26,  27,  28,  29, 

31.  32,  33.  34.  35.  30.  37»  38,  39. 4°. 

41.43..52.  67 
John  Smith,  39 

John  William,  46,  48,  50,  52,  67 
Jonathan,  i^,  20,  22,  23,  24 
Joseph,  xviii,  6 
Joseph  Piatt,  46 
Katharine,  6 
Lady  Elizabeth,  3 
Lydia  Healy,  24 

Margaret,  4,  n,  17,  18,  19,  24,  67 
Margaret  Stafford,  4 
Maria  Tappin,  19 
Maria  Woodmansey,  19 
Mary,  13,  21,  22,  27,  28 
Mary  Ann  Fuller,  50,  58,  59 
Mary  Ann  Ogden,  50,  Ji.  57.  62,  63, 

68 
Mary  Deming,  26,  28 
Mary  Henrietta,  51 


137 


Avery,  Mary  Lane,  13 
Mary  Rebecca  H.,  24,  50 
Mary  Roach  Fillis,  40 
Mary  Rotch,  26,  27,  28 
Michael,  3,  24 
Mirabella,  6 

Prudence  Champion,  i,  2,  5 
Rachael,  14 
Richard,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6 
Robert,  xvui,  i,  2,  3, 4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  13, 

i^,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  28,  52,  67 
Ruth,  24,  26,  28, 33, 35, 36,  40,  41,  dj 
Ruth  Knowles,  26 
Ruth  Little,  24,  26,  37,  40,  52,  67 
Ruth  Smith,  40 
Samuel,  2,  6,  40 
Samuel  Putnam,  xvii,  xviii,  i,  45,  48, 

SO,  SI.  S2.  S3,  S4,  56,  S7,  S8, 62,  63, 

66,  67,  68 
Sarah,  6 
Sarah  Coit,  48 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  48 
Sarah  Fairchild,  46,  48,  50,  52,  67 
Septimus,  26,  40,  42,  43 
Stephen,  50 
Susan  Jane,  50 
Sybil,  14 

S^bil  Sparhawk,  14 
Thomas,  2,  3,  4,  S,  6,  67  * 
Thomasine,  3 
Timothy,  29 
Walter,  3 

Walter  Titus,  i,  ^,  6,  13,  39 
William,  xvii,  xviii,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7, 

8,  9,  13.  H,  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23, 

24»SO,  SI,  S2,  S8,  63,  67 

Baker,  Deborah  Avery,  41 

Joseph,  41 
Barritt,  Hannah  Avery,  46 

Stephen,  46 
Barry,  Isoult,  3 

John,  3 
Battelle,  Thomas,  20 
Baylie,  Sarah,  29 
Bearstoe,  William,  20 
Bickford,  Jeremiah,  34 
Bigelow,  John,  57 
Bingham,  Jerusha  Avery,  xvii 

Lucy  Avery,  xvii 
Bishop,  Ruth  Parker,  28,  29 
Bloor,  A.  J.,  65 
Boulders,  Ann,  8 

Giles,  8 
Boyce,  Sarah,  24 
Breed,  Nathaniel,  29 
Brenner,  V.  D.,  66 
Brewster,  John,  41 

Ruth  Avery,  41 


[138] 


Bridgman,  Thomas,  19 
Briggs,  Mr.,  65 
Brown,  Isaac,  46 
Bugbee,  John,  39 
BuIIard,  Elizabeth  Avery,  24 

William,  14,  24 
Burch,  Elizabeth,  48 
Burgoyne,  General,  45 
Bums,  H.  J.,  59 
Butler,  Nicholas  M,,  (A 

Cabot,  Mr.,  41 
Cady,  Jonathan,  41 
Cantus,  George,  59 
Carter,  J.  G.  Avery,  xi 
Castle,  F.  A.,  57 
Champion,  John,  i,  2,  5,  6 

Prudence,  i,  2,  5 

Thomas,  8 
Chickering,  Francis,  20 
Chickery,  Henery,  20 
Church,  Elizabeth  Avery,  46 

Mr.,  46 
Clark,  John,  3 1 
Cleary,  Robert,  59 
Cleveland,  Josepn,  41 
Clinton,  Governor,  45 
Cobb,  Henry,  41 
Coey,  Jarvis,  59 
Coit,  David,  48 

Mr.,  41 

Sarah,  48 
Colden,  Cadwallader,  46 
Con  ant,  Edward  Davis,  xviii 
Conklin,  Katharine,  50,  51,  57 
Cook,  Charles  T.,  57 
Cooke,  Robert  Grier,  66 
Cornell,  Charles  R.,  50 

Hannah  Avery,  50 
Crow,  Deborah,  40,  52 
Cunningham,  John  S.,  59 
Cushman,  Anna,  26 

Danforth,  Mr.,  37 

Deane,  W.  R.,  14 

De  Forest,  Robert  W.,  66 

Deming,  Mary,  26 

De  Peyster,  Frederic  J.,  64 

Devotion,  Ebenezer,  42 

Dexter,  Mr.,  4.6 

Djelman,  Freaerick,  66 

Digbye,  Lord,  6 

Dodge,  William  E.,  57 

Dow,  Arthur  W.,  66 

Drake,  Alexander  W.,  66 

Draper,  Elizabeth  Avery,  26,  28 

John,  26,  42 
Dudley,  J.,  31 
Dummer,  Joseph,  xviii 


Duplgnac,  Ebenezer  R.,  48 

Sarah  Avery,  48 
Dwight,  Michael,  24,  25 

Rachel  Avery,  24 

Timothy,  20  • 

Dyar,  Benjamin,  14,  22 

Hannah  Avery,  14 

Eldred,  Neighbor,  28 
Eldredg,  Samuel,  29 
Eliot,  Jacob,  39 
Ellwood,  W.,  35 

Fackenthal,  Frank  D.,  66 
Fairchild,  Elizabeth  Burch,  48 

John,  ±S 

Samuel  W.,  66 

Sarah,  46,  48,  50,  52,  67 

Seabrooke,  48 

Thomas,  48 
Fayerbanke,  John,  20 

Jonathan,  20 
Fearin,  Samuel,  23 
Fillis,  Mary  Roach,  40 
Fisher,  Daniel,  18,  21 

Cornelius,  21 
Foster,  John,  19 

Thomas,  21 
Fox,  WilUam  H.,  66 
Freeman,  Constant,  33 

John,  26 

Mercy,  26 
Friedlander,  I.,  59 
Fuller,  Ensign,  18 

Mary  Ann,  50,  58 
FuUwood,  Avery,  3 

John, 3 

Gardiner,  Deborah  Avery,  43 

John,  43 
Garland,  J.  A.,  57 
Garys,  Arthur,  21 
Gilbert,  Cass,  66 
Goetze,  Frederick  A.,  66 
Granniss,  George  W.,  59 
Grant,  President,  57 
Graves,  Sybil  Avery,  14 

Thomas,  14 
Gray,  Mr.,  58 
Gunning,  Jane,  48 

Haverfield,  William,  xviii,  23 
Hains,  Mr.,  47 
Halsey,  F.  R.,  66 
Hamilton,  Rev.  Dr.,  59 
Hamlin,  A.  D.  F.,  66 
Hapgood,  E.  T.,  65 
Havemeyer,  H.  O.,  57 
Hawkes,  McDougall,  66 


Healy,  A.  Augustus,  66 

Lydia,  24 
Heath,  widow,  21 
Herring,  Thomas,  20 
Hewlett,  J.  Monroe,  66 
Hibbert,  Robert,  6 
Hicks,  Frederick  C,  66 
Higgs,  John,  xviii,  23 
Hinchman,  Bishop,  46 
Hoffman,  Ogden,  59 
Holcombe,  Mr.,  59 
Howland,  Grace  Avery,  xvii 
Hunt,  Richard  M.,  63 
Huntington,  Archer  M.,  66 

Ingles,  Mr.,  47 
Irelande,  Roger,  7 

Keens,  Susanna  M.,  48,  50 
Kennedy,  Edward  G.,  66 

John  Stewart,  57 
Keppel,  Frederick  P.,  66 
King  Charles,  6 
King  George,  38 

Grace  Avery,  xviii 

Lucy  Avery  B.,  xvii 
Knowles,  Mercy  Freeman,  26 

Ruth,  26 

Samuel,  26 
Kunz,  George  F.,  66 

Lamb,  F.  S.,  6c 

Lane,  Elizabeth,  14,  24,  26,  52,  67 

Tob,  24,  52 

Mary,  13 

Samuel,  23 

Sarah  Boyce,  24,  52 
Littell,  President,  64 
Little,  Ann  Warren,  52 

Ephraim,  26,  33,  52 

Mary  Sturtevant,  26,  52 

Ruth,  24,  26,  37,  52,  67 

Thomas,  52 
Littlefield,  George  E.,  19 
Lord,  Austin  W.,  66 
Lothrop,  Abigail  Avery,  27,  29 

Deborah,  26,  40,  43.  4^.  S*>  67 

Deborah  Crow,  40,  52 

Elisha,  27 

Joshua,  43 

Samuel,  40,  52 
Low,  Frederick  F.,  59 
Lucas,  Frederick  A.,  66 
Lyon,  H.  W.,  58 

Macaulay,  Thomas  B.,  iv 
Maguire,  Joseph,  59 
Mansfield,  Howard,  66 
Marquand,  H.  G.,  57 


[  139  ] 


McMenomy,  John  H.,  59 
Metcalf,  Joseph,  33 
Mulford,  Thomas,  32,  33 

Norwell,  Samuel,  21 

Oettmger,  S.,  57 

Ogden,  Henry  Aaron,  50,  51,  57 
Katharine  Conklin,  50,  51,  57 
Mary  Ann,  50,  51,  57,  62,63,  68 

Onion,  Benjamin,  25 

Orton,  R.  H.,  59 

Paine,  Barnabas,  27 

Moses,  29 

Thomas,  31,  32,  33,  34 
Park,  Richard,  SI,  58,  63,  Sj 
Parke,  Benjamin,  48,  50,  51 

Hannah  Anne,  48,  50,  jl,  58,  68 

Susanna  M.  K.,  48,  50 
Parker,  Avery,  28,  29 

Dorothy,  29 

Jonathan,  26,  28,  29 

Ruth,  28,  29 

Ruth  Avery,  26,  28 
Peper,  Robert,  21 
Pethick,  Vice-Consul,  59 
Phillips,  Henry,  20 
Pierce,  Isaac,  38 
Pine,  John  B.,  d^ 
Piatt,  Hannah,  40, 46,  48,  52,  (>j 
Prince,  Governor,  26 
Purington,  Hez.,  33 
Putnam,  Aaron,  40 

Deborah  Avery,  44,  45 

Deborah  Lothrop,  44,  45 

Eunice,  40 

Israel,  40,  43,  44,  45 

Queen  Ann,  25 

Raymond,  Henry  J.,  61 

Reno,  Lieut.,  58 

Richards,  Abigail  Avery,  24 

John,  2^ 
Roberts,  Arthur,  13 

0,A.,i8 
Robinson,  Beverly,  45 

Edward,  66 
Rotch,  Mary,  26 

William,  26 
Rowe,  Sir  Thomas,  6 

Saltus,  J.  Sanford,  66 
Sand,  George,  56 
Sawyer,  Lorenzo,  59 
Scharff,  Anton,  57 
Schofield,  John  M.,  59 
Seabrooke, ,  48 


Seaver,  Robert,  21 
Shakespeare,  Mary,  3 

William,  3 
Shannon,  Thomas,  59 
Sharpe,  William,  5 
Sheppard,  Consul,  59 
Sherman,  Frank  D.,  66 
Smith,  Barzillah,  29 

Charles  Stewart,  57 

Edward  R.,  66 

Ruth,  40 

Thomas,  34 
Snow,  John,  32,  33 
Sparhawk,  Sybil,  14 
Stanford,  Leland,  59 
Stebbins,  Horatio,  58 
Steele,  Grace  Avery  K.,  xviii 
Stillman,  J.  D.  B.,  58 
StoiFord,  Elizabeth,  4 

John, 4 

Margaret,  3,  4 

Margery,  4 

Robert,  4 

Thomas,  3,  4 
Stone,  Nathaniel,  33 
Stout,  A.  B.,  58 
Sturgis,  Russell,  63,  64,  65 
Sturtevant,  Mary,  26,  52 
Sumner,  Rachel  Avery,  14 

William,  14,  22 

Talmage,  Mary  Avery,  50 

T.  De  Witt,  50 
Tappin,  John,  19 

Joseph,  19 

Maria,  19 
Thatcher,  Jane,  27 
Thomas,  Mr.,  18 
Tisdale,  James,  13 

Mary  Avery,  13,  22 
Turner,  Charles,  37 

Upham,  Caleb,  37 

Von  Senden,  G.  D.,  59 
Vyse,  Thomas,  6 

Wade,  British  Minister,  59 
Wadsworth,  Mr.,  41 
Waite,  Edwin  G.,  59 
Ward,  Robert,  14 
Warren,  Ann,  52 

Richard,  26,  37,  50,  51,  52,  58,  63,  67 
Washington,  George,  44 
Webb,  Benjamin,  36 
Weitenkampf,  Frank,  66 
Welcher,  Alice  Lee,  62 

Amy  Ogden,  62 

Emma  Parke  Avery,  62 


140 


Welcher,  Fanny  Avery,  57,  62 

Lester  Groome,  62 

Manfred  P.,  51,  57,  62 
West,  Mary  Avery,  27,  28 

Mr.,  27 
Wetmore,  Mrs.,  47 
Wheeler,  James  R.,  66 
Whistler,  J.  McN.,  53 
White,  Salome  Elizabeth,  xviii 
Whiting,  James,  xviii 
Wight,  Joseph,  25 
Williams,  Abraham,  37 

Deacon,  41 


Williams,  Mr.,  58 

Origo,  3 

Talcott,  66 
Wilson,  John,  23 
Windgate,  Richard,  7 
Winthrop,  Governor,  15 
Woodmansey,  James,  xviii,  23 

iohn,  21,  23 
iaria,  19 
Robert,  19 
Woodward,  Robert  B.,  66 
Worthington,  Mr.,  18 
Wright,  F.  A.,  65 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


A  rare  painting,  xvii 
Academy  of  Design,  N.  Y.,  66 

of  Sciences,  Cal.,  58 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
N.Y.,66 

Numismatic  Society,  66 

Scenic  Society,  66 

Society  of  Architects,  d/S 
Ancient  and  Hon.  Artillery  Co.,  18 
Archaeological  Inst,  of  America,  64 
Architectural  League,  N.  Y.,  56,  63,  65, 

66 
Alt  Association,  Cal.,  58,  64 

Paris,  66 
Ashford,  Conn.,  38,  39 
Authorities  cited,  xv,  xvi 
Avery  Architectural  Library,  55,  56,  66 

Coat  of  Arms,  xvii,  xviii 

Collection  of  Etchings,  53,  57 

Editorials  and  Resolutions,  54,  55,  56 

Elizabeth  Lane,  Tombstone,  24 

Family  in  America,  11 

Gold  Medals,  57,  66 

Homestead,  Dedham,  9 

Lane,  London,  3 

Malacca  Cane,  xviii 

Name  in  England,  2 

Oak,  Dedham,  9 

Oriental  Porcelains,  57 

Pedigree,  67 

Pewter  Tankards,  35 

Silver  Cups,  35 

Silver  Seal,  xviii 

Silver  Tankard,  28 

Street,  Birmingham,  3 

Tombstones,  24,  25 

Barkham,  England,  i,  4,  8,  13,  14,  24, 

52,  67 
Barnstable,  Mass.,  29,  30,  38 
gartholdi  Statue,  N.  Y.,  56 
Bedford,  N.  Y.,  46 


Bellingham,  Mass.,  16 

Birmingham,  England,  3 

Blind  Brook,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  47 

Blue  Anchor  Tavern,  Boston,  i8,  19 

Bodmin,  England,  ^ 

Boston,  Mass.,  xviii,  13,  14,  15,  18,  19, 

22,  26,  31,  36,  40, 42,  SI,  58,  63,  67 
Brooklyn,  Conn.,  26,  38,  40,  41, 42,  43, 

46,  52,  67 
N.  Y.,  xviii,  SI,  57,  62,  63,  67,  68 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  14,  18,  41 

Cape  Cod,  30,  35 

Charles  River,  Cambridge,  IS 

Charlestown,  Mass.,  14 

Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.,  ao 

Christian  Union  Church,  3s 

Church  of  England,  47 

Civil  Service  Reform  Ass'n,  s6 

Columbia  University,  N.  Y,,  39,  51,  n, 

S6,  Sl^  66 
Concord,  Mass.,  15 
Congresburie,  England,  i,  2,  s»  6»  67 
Contentment,  Mass.,  15 
Conway,  Mass.,  xvii 
Cooper  Union,  N.  Y.,  63 
Cornwall,  Eng.,  2,  3 

Dangerfield,  Mass.,  30 

Dedham  Historical  Society,  xvii,  xviii, 

9.  39 
Mass.,  XVII,  I,  4,  6,  9,  13,  14,  IS,  16, 
17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  2S,  26, 
50,51,52,58,67 
Proprietors,  16 
Settlement,  15 
Town  Covenant,  15,  16 
Village,  17 
Deed,  William  Avery,  19 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  18 
Devonshire,  England,  3 
Devotion,  Ebenezer,  orarion,  41 

141  ] 


Doctors'  Commons,  England,  5,  6,  67 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  xviii,  37 
Dover,  Mass.,  16 
Dowland,  England,  3 

Eastern  Harbor,  30,  32 
Eastham  Church,  33 

Mass.,  26,  27,  30,  31,  13,  36,  38 
Easthampstead,  England,  8 
East  Harbor,  Truro,  32 
£cole  des  Beaux  Arts,  Paris,  63,  64,  65 
Editorials  and  Resolutions,  54,  55,  56 
Enfield,  England,  6 

Falmouth,  Mass.,  33 

Fine  Arts  Associauon,  66 

First  Church,  Truro,  33 

FishkiU,  N.  Y.,  44  , 

Fifth  Avenue  Association,  N.  Y.,  66 

Fort  Alcatraz,  Cal.,  58 

Clinton,  N.  Y.,  44 

Montgomery,  N.  V.,  44 
Franklin,  Mass.,  16 

Gardiner's  Island,  N.  Y.,  43 
Genealogical  Society,  N.  Y.,  57 
General  Court  of  Mass.,  15,  17,  18,  30 
Gift  of  Land,  Ephraim  Avery,  36 
Gold  Medal  Committees,  57,  66 
Gotham  Art  School,  63 
Grace  Church,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  46,  52 
Grolier  Qub,  N.  Y.,  56,  57,  66 
Guard  of  Honor,  58 

Halgrave,  England,  3 

Halifax,  N.  S.,  40 

Hamburg,  Germany,  6 

Hampton,  Mass.,  41 

Hartford,  Conn.,  xvii,  xviii,  50,  51,  62, 

68 
Harvard  College,  18,  24,  26,  37,  38,  40, 

Harwich,  Mass.,  33 

Havidge,  England,  6 

Highlands,  N.  Y.,  4^,  67 

Holden,  Mass.,  xvin 

House  of  Representatives,  Boston,  3 1 

Hudson,  N.  Y.,  50 

Hurst,  England,  7 

Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  16 

Institute  of  Architects,  66 

of  Arts  and  Sciences,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 

66 
Inventory,  John  Avery,  29 

Robert  Avery,  25 


Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  68 

Joan  of  Arc  Committee,  N.  Y.,  66 


[I 


King's  Chapel,  Boston,  19 
College,  N.  Y.,  46,  47,  55 

Latin  School,  Dedham,  18 
Lebanon,  Conn.,  28,  39 
Lenox  Library,  N.  Y.,  53,  57 
Library,  Avery  Architectural,  55,  56,  66 

Columbia  University,  55,  56 

New  York  Public,  66 
London,  England,  3,  35,  51,  58,  63,  67 

Maiden,  Mass.,  13,  14,  24,  52 
Mamaroneck,  N.  Y.,  46 
Marshfield,  Mass.,  24,  26,  37,  52,  67 
Massachusetts  Colony,  22 
Marysville,  Cal.,  50 
"Mayflower,''  ship,  26,  37, 50, 51,  52,67 
Medal  Committees,  57,  66 
Medfield,  Mass.,  16,  20,  23 
Metropolitan  Museum,  N.  Y.,  53,  56, 

57,66 
Middletown,  Conn.,  14 
Mildenhall,  England,  29 
Mill  Creek,  Dedham,  20 
Millis,  Mass.,  16 
Ministerial  Woods,  Truro,  3c 
Museum  of  French  Art,  N.  Y.,  66 

Natick,  Mass.,  16,  18,  27 
National  Guard,  Cal.,  59 

Sculpture  Society,  66 
Needham,  Mass.,  16 
Newark,  N.  J.,  46 

N.Y.,51 
New  London,  Conn.,  48 
Newton,  Mass.,  xviii 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  i,  48,  50,  51,  52,  54, 
56,  58,  62,  63,  64,  67,  68 

New  York  Genealogical  and  Biogra- 
phical Society,  57 
New  York  Public  Library,  53,  56,  66 
Norfolk,  Mass.,  16,  18 
North  Truro,  Mass.,  35,  37 
Norwich,  Conn.,  27 
Norwood,  Mass.,  16 

Oakland,  Cal.,  59 
Ohio,  47 

Oriental  Porcelains,  57 
Overland  Monthly,  60,  61 

Paris  Exposition,  1867,  51,  52 
Parish  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  47 
Pawmet,  Mass.,  30 
PeekskiU,  N.  Y.,  45 
Peking,  China,  5°,  57,  S8 
Pewter  Tankardfs,  Truro,  35 
Pill,  England,  i,  2,  4,  5,  67 
Plainfield,  Conn.,  41 

42  ] 


Plymouth,  Mass.,  33,  50,  51,  52,  58,  63, 
.67 

Pilgrims,  IS,  30 

Rock,  15 
Plympton,  Mass.,  26 
Pocumptuck,  Mass.,  18 
Poem,  J.  G.  A.  Carter,  xi 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  26,  38,  40,  42,  52,  67 
Pond  Village,  Mass.,  35 
Presidio,  San  Francisco,  58 
Probate  OflBce,  Boston,  xviii,  22 
Provincetown,  Mass.,  26 
Purchasers'  Lands,  30 
Pylle,  England,  4,  5 

House,  4 

Redding,  England,  40 
Revolutionary  War,  47 
Rock  Meadow,  Dedham,  20 
Rocksbery,  Mass.,  21 
Russian  Embassy,  58 
Rye,  N.  Y.,  46,  47,  48,  &j 

Sandwich,  Mass.,  37 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  50,  58,  60 

Art  Association,  58 
Scharff  Medal,  57 
Sculpture  Society,  N.  Y.,  56 
Second  River,  N.  J.,  46 
Shakespeare,  Malone,  3 
Shanghai,  China,  59,  60 
Shepton  Mallet,  England,  4 
Ship,  "CityofTokio,"s8 

"  Mayflower,"  26, 37, 50, 51, 58, 63,  ej 

"Defence,"si,  58,  63,67 

"  Jeanette,"  48 

"  Monocacy,"  59,  60 

"Tennessee,"  58 
Silhouette,  Samuel  P.  Avery,  50 
Silver  Cups,  Truro,  35 

Tankard,  28 
Springfield,  Mass.,  19 
St.  Endellion,  England,  2 
State  Paper  Office,  London,  6 
StoflFord  Pedigree,  4 


Stratford,  Conn.,  46,  48,  52,  67 

England,  3 
Streatly,  England,  6 
Suffolk,  Mass.,  14,  19 

Tashmuit,  Mass.,  32,  34 
Taunton,  Mass.,  13 
Teachers'  College,  N.  Y.,  66 
Tientsin,  China,  59,  60 
Tintaget,  Cornwall,  2 
Trewigget,  Cornwall,  2 
Trigg  Manor,  England,  2 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  50 
Truro  Church  Agreement,  3a 

Incorporation,  30,  31,  33 

Mass.,  xviii,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30, 31,  32, 

-^33.  34»  36,  38, 40, 41.  42.  43.  S*.  67 
North,  35,  37 
Proprietors,  31 
Typodjetae  Soaety,  N.  Y.,  56 

Union  League  Qub,  N.  Y,  56,  66 
Universal  Exhibition,  Paris,  52 

Vienna,  Austria,  57 

Wallingford,  England,  6 
Walpole,  Mass.,  16 
Watertown,  Mass.,  17 
Webb,  Benjamin,  Discourse,  36 
Wellesley,  Mass.,  16 
West  Indies,  46 
West  Point,  N.  Y.,  44 
West  Roxbury,  Mass.,  16 
Westlake  Society,  41 
Westminster  Abbey,  3 
Williams  College,  Mass.,  62 
Wilmscote,  England,  3 
Windham,  Conn.,  38,  41,  42, 44 
Wokingham,  England,  i,  2,  6,  7,  8,  67 
Woodstock,  Conn.,  39 
Wrentham,  Mass.,  xfy,  21 
Wynscote,  Devonshire,  3 

Yale  University,  40, 46 


Adams,  Mary  Fairchild,  77 

Samuel,  T7 
Arundel,  Earl  of,  72 
Avery,  Benjamin  Parke,  81 

Charies  Russell,  81 

Elisha  Lothrop,  80 

Ellen  Walters,  82 

Emma  Parke,  82 

Ephraim,  80 


FAIRCHILD  FAMILY 

Avery,  Fairchild  Pedigree,  83 
Fanny  Falconer,  82 
Hannah  Parke,  80,  81,  82,  83 
Hannah  Stanton,  81 
Henry  Ogden,  82 

iane  Gunning,  80 
ohn  William,  79,  80,  81,  83 
lary  Fuller,  81 
Mary  Henrietta,  82 

[143] 


Avery,  Mary  Ogden,  8 1,  82,  83 
Mary  Rebecca,  81 
Park  Pedigree,  83 
Samuel  Putnam,  80,  81,  82,  83 
Sarah  Coit,  80 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  80 
Sarah  Fairchild,  79,  80,  81,  83 
Stephen, 81 
Susan  Jane,  81 

Beach,  Hannah  Staples,  75,  76,  'J^ 

John,  75 

John,  Jr.,  76,  ^^ 

Richard,  75 

Ruth,  76,  ^^,  78,  83 
Blakeman,  Adam,  75 

Dorothy  Smith,  76 

Ebenezer,  76 

Elizabeth,  ^(i 

Mr.,  74 
Brown,  Mr.,  79 

Ruth  Fairchild,  79 
Buckingham,  Marquis  of,  72 
Burch,  Elizabeth,  78,  79,  80,  83 
Burritt,  William,  73 

Coit,  David,  80 

Sarah,  80 
Conklin,  Katharine,  81,  82 
Cornell,  Charles  Russell,  81 

Hannah  Stanton,  81 
Craigg,  Catherine,  74 
Curtiss,  John,  77,  78 

Mary,  ^^,  78,  79,  83 

Davenport,  Mr.,  71 
Dupignac,  Ebenezer  R.,  80 
Sarah  Avery,  80 

Fairchild,  Abel,  78 
Abigail,  77 
Abigail  Patterson,  79 
Anna,  77 

Avery  Pedigree,  83 
Benjamin,  77,  79 
Coat  of  Arms,  75 
Curtiss,  79 
Dinah,  75 
Edward,  76 

Elizabeth  Blakeman,  76 
Elizabeth  Burch,  78,  79,  80,  83 
Emma,  75 
Ephraim,  77 
Eunice,  77 
Hannah  Beach,  75 
John,  75,  79 

John  Curtiss,  78,  79,  80,  83 
Jonathan,  76 


Fairchild,  Joseph,  79 

Mary,  77 

Mary  Curtiss,  77,  78,  79,  83 

Mary  Wheeler,  75,  ^6,  77,  83 

Reuben,  79 

Robert,  76,  78 

Ruth,  79 

Ruth  Beach,  76,  77,  78,  83 

Samuel,  75,  76,  77,  78,  79,  83 

Sarah,  7c,  79,  80,  81,  83 

Seabrooke,  76, 83 

Tabitha,  79 

Thomas,  69,  74,  75,  ^(i,  83 

William,  79 

Zechariah,  75 
Fayrchild,  Thomas,  73 
Fuller,  Mary  Ann,  81 
Groves,  Philip,  72,  74 
Gunning,  Jane,  80 

Hamilton,  Marquis  of,  72 
Hawley,  Joseph,  75 
Miriam,  75,  76  ^ 

Judson,  William,  74 

Keens,  Susanna  M.,  80 
King  Charles  I,  71 
King  James  I,  72 

Lenox,  Duke  of,  72 

Ogden,  Henry  Aaron,  81,  82 
Katharine,  81,  82 
Mary  Ann,  81,  82,  83 

Orcutt,  Samuel,  69 

Parke,  Benjamin,  80 

Hannah  Anne,  80,  81,  82,  83 

Susanna  Keens,  80 
Patterson,  Abigail,  79 

Esther,  79 

Samuel,  79 
Preston,  Emma  Fairchild,  75 

Hackaliah,  75 

Jehial,  75 

Sarah  Fairchild,  75 

William,  74,  75 
Pruden,  Mr.,  71 

Robinson,  Mr.,  71 
Rowland,  Esther,  79 

Seabrooke,  Robert,  74,  75 
Sherwood,  Thomas,  74 
Smith,  Dorothy,  fS 
Staples,  Hannah,  76,  77 

[  144  ] 


Talmage,  Mary  Avery,  8i 
T.  De  Witt,  8i 

Warwick,  Earl  of,  71,  72 
Welcher,  Fanny  Avery,  82 

Manfred  P.,  82    " 
Wheeler,  Mary,  75,  76^  r?,  83 


Wheder,  Miriam  Hawley,  75, 
76 

Moses,  75,  76 

Thomas,  74 
Whiting,  Ehzabeth,  74 

Samuel,  79 
Winthrop,  John,  71 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Authorities  cited,  69 


Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  81 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  69,  71 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y,,  81,  82,  83 

Christ's  Church,  Stratford,  77 
Coat  of  Arms,  75 
Columbia  University,  N.  Y.,  82 
Congregational  Society,  Stratford,  77, 

^      78   . 

Connecticut  Patent,  71,  72 
Crusades,  The,  75 
Cupheag,  Conn.,  71 

Devon  County,  England,  72 

Episcopal  Church,  Stratford,  78 

Fairfield,  Conn.,  72,  76,  77 

County,  7i,  74 

County  Historical  Society,  69 

Pedigree,  83 
Fresh  Pond,  Conn.,  73 

General  Court,  Conn.,  72,  74,  75 
Great  Neck,  Conn.,  73 

Hartford,  Conn.,  71,  74,  81,  82,  83 
Housatonic  River,  Conn.,  71,  75 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  81 
Huntington,  Conn.,  71 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  83 

Kent  County,  England,  75 

Lake  Champlain,  N.  Y.,  79 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  77 
Little  Neck,  Conn.,  73 
London,  England,  71,  74 
Long  Island  Sound,  71 


Milford,  Conn.,  71,  74 
Monroe,  Conn.,  71 

Narragansett  River,  71 

War,  74 
Newark,  N.  Y.,  82 
New  England,  71,  72 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  71,  74,  75 
New  London,  Conn.,  80 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  71,  80,  81,  82,  83 
Newtown,  Conn.,  76 
North  Stratford,  78 

Patent,  The,  71,  72 
Peking,  China,  81 
PhUadelphia,  Pa.,  81 
Plymouth  Company,  71,  72 
England,  72 

Ripton,  Conn.,  78 
Rye,  N.  Y.,  80,  83 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  81 

Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  81 

Saybrook,  Conn.,  71 

Seal  of  England,  72 

Ship  "Jeanette,"  80 

Stratford,  Conn.,  69, 71, 72,  74,  75,  76, 

77.  78,  79.  80,  83 
Stratford  Constables,  74 

Ticonderoga,  N.  Y.,  79 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  81 
Trumbull,  Conn.,  71,  78 

Valentine's  M;^ual,  1793.  79 
Virginia,  71 

Weston,  Conn.,  77,  79 
Wcthersfield,  Conn.,  71,  74 
Williams  College,  82 
Windsor,  Conn.,  71 
Woodbury,  Conn.,  75 


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PARK  FAMILY 


Adams,  E,  D.,  113 
Andrews,  W.  L.,  113 
Appleton,  Major,  96 
Avery,  Benjamin  Parke,  107,  114,  115, 
116 

Charles  Russell,  107 

Ellen  Walters,  109,  11 1,  113 

Emma  Parke,  109 

Fanny  Falconer,  109 

Hannah  Parke,  107,  108,  114,  117 

Hannah  Stanton,  107 

Henry  Ogden,  109,  113 

Mary  Ogden,  107,  109,  112,  117 

Mary  Fuller,  107,  114, 

Mary  Henrietta,  109 

Mary  Rebecca  H.,  107 

Park  Pedigree,  117 

Samuel  Putnam,  loi,  106,  107,  109, 
no.  III,  112,  113,  114,  117 

Stephen, 107 

Susan  Jane,  107 

Babcock,  Joshua,  104 
Beers,  Captain,  96 
Bigelow,  John,  113 
Bliven,  Edward,  104 
Bond,  William,  95 
Bostock,  Edward,  91 
Brewster,  Love,  91 
Sarah  Collier,  91 
Brooks,  Noah,  114 
Brown,  John  Crosby,  113 

Cadwallader,  J.  L.,  113 
Champlin,  Eunice,  102 
Chaplain,  J.  C.,  113 
Chapman,  Abigail,  97 
Chroucher,  Ann,  100 
Collier,  Jane,  91 

Sarah,  91 

William,  91 
Conklin,  Katharine,  107,  109 
Cornell,  Charles  R.,  107 

Hannah  Avery,  107 
Crane,  Margery,  91,  117 
Crary,  Oliver,  104 

De  Forest,  R.  W.,  113 
Detweiler,  Eunice  Parke,  104 

John  S.,  loj. 
Dielman,  Freaerick,  113 
D«,  Abigail,  92,  93,  94,  96,  117 

Edward,  94 

Jane,  94 

Fahnestock,  H.  C,  113 
Fiske,  Abigail  Park,  94 


Fiske,  John,  94 

Martha,  94 

Nathan,  95 
French,  Daniel  C,  113 

E.  D.,  Ill 
Fuller,  Jeremiah,  96 

Jonathan,  96 

Mary  Ann,  107,  114 

Mr.,  93 

Garritt,  William,  103 
Gavit,  William,  104 
Gavitt,  Deacon,  100 
Giles,  Elizabeth,  106 

Gilbert,  106 

Mary,  106 
Grant,  Mrs.  U.  S.,  108 
Greene,  Abigail,  96,  97,  102,  117 
Greenwood,  John,  96 

Heam,  George  A.,  113 
Holland,  Elizabeth  Park,  94 

John,  94 
Hotten,  John  C,  91 
Hyde,  Mr.,  93 

Samuel,  92 

Jackson,  Edward,  92,  93 

John,  92 
Johnston,  John  T.,  112 

Keens,  Joseph,  106 

Mary  Giles,  106 

Susanna,  102,  106,  107,  117 
Kennedy,  John  S.,  113 
King,  John,  89 
Knapp,  John,  Jr.,  94 

Sarah  Park,  94 

Lambert,  Widow,  100 
Lawrence,  Abigail,  96 

Lydia,  96 
Leebrick,  Elizabeth,  104 

Marquand,  H.  G.,  112 
Mason,  Hugh,  92 
Matthews,  William,  in 
McKim,  C.  F.,  113 
Miller,  Elizabeth,  94,  96,  97,  117 
Mills,  D.  0.,  113 
Morgan,  J.  P.,  113 
Morse,  Elizabeth  Park,  96 
Joseph,  96 


Nevill,  Ralph,  89 
Ninigret,  George,  98 

[146] 


Ogden,  Henry  Aaron,  107,  109 
Katharine  Conklin,  107,  109 
Mary  Ann,  107,  117 

Osborn,  William  C.,  113 

Park,  Abigail,  94,  96 
Abigail  Chapman,  97 
Abigail  Dix,  92,  93,  94,  96,  117 
Abigail  Greene,  96,  97,  99,  loi,  102, 

Abigail  Lawrence,  96 

Aleanora,  89 

Alicia,  89 

Anna  Spring,  94 

Anne,  97 

Avery  Pedigree,  117 

Beatrice,  89 

Benjamin,  97, 102,  103, 104,  105, 106, 

117 
Coat  of  Arms,  89 
Edward,  94 

Elizabeth,  91,  92,  94,  96 
Elizabeth  Miller,  94,  96,  97,  117 
Elizabeth  Morse,  96 
Eunice  Champlin,  102 
Hannah  York,  97,  102,  117 
Hannah  Stanton,  102,  105 
Henry,  97,  102 
Isabell,  91,  92 
John,  94,  96,  97,  102,  117 
Jonathan,  94 
Jonathan  Greene,  97,  102 
Joseph,  96,  97,  98,  99,,  100,  loi,  102, 

103,  104,  106,  117 
Joseph,  Jr.,  102,  103,  104,  106 
Lydia  Lawrence,  96 
Margery,  91,  117 
Martha  Fiske,  94 
Mary,  91,  92,  96,  97,  102 
Pedigree,  89 
Rebecca,  94 

Richard,  89,  91,  92,  93,  94,  106,  I17 
Samuel,  97 
Sarah,  91,  92,  93,  94 
Sarah  Brewster,  91,  92,  93 
Sarah  Collier,  91,  92,  93 
Sarah  King,  94 
Solomon,  96 
Susan,  102 
Thomas,  89, 91,  92,  93,  94,  95,  96, 97, 

102,  103,  104,  117 
Parke,  Benjamin,  104,  106,  107,  117 
Edward,  89 

Elizabeth  Leebrick,  104 
Eunice,  104 
Gerard,  89 
Hannah  Anne,   loi,   106,  107,  109, 

114.  "7 
Isabella,  89 


Parke,  Richard  del,  89 

Sarah,  93 

Susanna,  106 

Susanna  Keens,  102,  106,  107,  117 
Pendleton,  Aime  Park,  97 

William,  104 

Peleg,  97 
Prentice,  Mr.,  93 

Raikes,  Robert,  99 
Rathbun,  Christopher,  loi 
Reid,  Whitelaw,  113 
Rhinelander,  P.,  112 
Rhodes,  James,  104 
Root,  Elihu,  113 
Roty,  Louis  0.,  112 

Sanger,  Isaac,  96 

John,  94 

Mary  Park,  q6 

Rebecca  Park,  94 
Segar,  Sir  Willm.,  89 
Shaw,  Jemima,  102 
Sheffield,  George,  104 
Shepard,  Pastor,  92 
Sherbom,  C.  W.,  11 1 
Sherman,  John,  92 
Smith,  Charles  Stewart,  113 
Spring,  Anna,  94 

John,  92 
Stuyresant,  Rutherfurd,  113 
Sugar,  Christopher,  99 

Talmage,  Mary  Avery,  107 

T.  De  Witt,  107 
Trowbridge,  Mr.,  93 
Trumbull,  H.  Clzy,  99 

Walher,  Mr.,  89 

Isabella  Parke,  89 
Ward,  Samuel,  104 
Warren,  General,  105 

Nathaniel,  91 
Welcher,  Fanny  Avery,  109 

Manfred  P.,  109 
Wesley,  John,  99  _ 
Whitraore,  Francis,  92 

Isabell  Park,  92 
Whittemore,  Abigail  Park,  96 

Nathaniel,  96 
Williams,  Isaac,  95 
Wilson,  Joseph,  92 
Winship,  Edward,  92 

Elizabeth  Park,  92 
Wiswall,  Elder,  92,  93 

York,  Hannah  Stanton,  97,  102,  117 
James  Stanton,  102 
Jemima  Shaw,  102 


[147] 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Authorities  cited,  87 

Avery  Architectural  Library,  III,  113 

Book  Plates,  11 1 

Bronze  Tablet,  113 

Collection  of  Etchings,  1 10,  112 

Editorials  and  Resolutions,  no,  iii, 
112,  11^ 

Gold  Medals,  57,  66 

Park  Pedigree,  117 

Silver  Spoons,  II2 

Semis  Mills,  Cambridge,  95 

Book  Plates,  in 

Boston,  Mass.,  91,  105,  106,  117 

Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  107 

Brooklyn,  N.  J.,  107,  109,  117 

Bunker  Hill,  Mass.,  102,  104,  105,  117 

Cambridge  Church,  93 

Farms,  92,  94 

Mass.,  91,  92,  93,  94,  117 

Proprietors,  92 

Village,  92 
Charles  River,  Cambridge,  92,  93,  95 
Charlestown,  R.  I.,  97,  98,  loi,  102, 

103,105,106,117 
Christ's  Church,  Savannah,  Ga.,  99 
Coat  of  Arms,  89 
Coldpike  Hill,  England,  89 
Colonial  Wars,  96,  103 
Columbia  University,  N.  Y,,  109,  no, 

113 
Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  102,  103,  104 

Dedham,  Mass.,  92 
Dummer  Farm,  92 
Durham,  England,  89 
Duxbury,  Mass.,  91,  93 

Editorials   and   Resolutions,  no,  in, 

112,  113 
Eliot  Church,  92 

First  Church,  Newton,  Mass.,  93 
First  Church,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  93 
Fort  William  Henry,  N.  Y.,  102,  103, 

104 
French  Book  Plates,  in 
Fuller  Farm,  92 

General  Assembly,  R.  I.,  105 
Gold  Medal,  113 
Grinisby,  England,  89 
Grolier  Club,  N.  Y.,  no,  112 


Hadley,  Mass.,  96 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  102,  104 
Hartford,  Conn.,  107,  109,  117 
Harvard  CoUege,  97 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  107 

Jersey  City,  N,  J.,  106,  117 

Keens,  Tombstones,  107 
King  Philip's  War,  96 

Lake  Champlain,  N.  Y.,  104 
Lake  George,  N.  Y.,  102,  104 
Lemperly  Check  List,  in 
Lenox  Library,  N.  Y.,  no 
Lexington  Alarm,  104 

Mass.,  92 
Library,  Avery  Architectural,  in 
Library,  Lenox,  no 

New  York,  Public,  112 
London,  England,  91,  106,  in 

Mahew  Farm,  92 
Marysville,  Cal.,  114 
Mattatuck,  L.  L,  98,  99 
Mayflower  Descendants,  93 
Metropolitan  Museum,  N.  Y.,  no,  in, 

112,  113 
Miniature,  Benjamin  Parke,  106 

Narragansett  Historical  Register,  105 

Indians,  98 

R.  L,  98 
Newark,  N.  Y.,  109 
Newport,  R.  L,  102,  105 
Newton,  Mass.,  93,  94,  96,  97,  117 

Monument,  93 
New  England,  91 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  100,  102,  106,  107, 

109,  112,  113,  114,  117 
New  York  Public  Library,  112 
Northfield,  Battle  of,  96 
Northamptonshire,  England,  89 

Overland  Monthly,  115 

Paris,  France,  in,  113 
Park-Avery  Pedigree,  117 

Coat  of  Arms,  89 

Family  in  America,  87,  91 

Farm,  93 

Homestead,  97 

Joseph,  Sermon,  100 

Monument,  93 

Pedigree,  89 


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Park-Avery  Sword,  104 

Tombstones,  Westerly,  R.  I.,  loi 

Will,  loi 
Parke,  Benjamin,  Miniature,  106 

Tombstones,  N.  Y.,  107 
Parkevale,  Pa.,  102 
Peking,  China,  107,  114 
Petition,  Hannah  S.  Park,  105 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  107 
Plymouth  Church  Records,  93 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  117 

Settlers,  98 
Port  of  London,  England,  91 
Presbyterian  Meeting-house,  Westerly, 

lOI 

Providence  Plantations,  105 

Revolutionary  War,  103,  104 

Sabbatarian  Church,  Westerly,  R.  I., 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  107,  114,  115 
Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  107 
Savannah,  Ga.,  99 


Searsport,  Maine,  97 
Sherbom,  Book  Plate,  11 1 
Ship  "Defence,"  91,  106,  117 
Silver  Spoons,  112 
Southfield,  L.  I.,  98 
Stonington,  Conn.,  97 
Sword,  Benjamin  Park,  104 

Teachers'  College,  N.  Y.,  no,  in,  113 
Trinity  Church,  N.  Y.,  106,  107 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  107 

War  of  the  Rebellion,  108 
War,  King  Philip's,  96 
War,  Revolutionary,  103,  104 
Watertown,  Mass.,  92,  93,  94,  96,  117 
Westerly  Church,  98,  99,  loi 
Westerly  Historical  Society,  loi 
Westerly,  Meeting  of  Freemen,  104 
R.  I.,  97,  98,  99,  100,  loi,  102,  103, 
104,  117 
Williams  College,  109 

Yale  Lectures,  99 


WARREN  AND  LITTLE  FAMILIES 


Alden,  John,  124 
Allerton,  Isaac,  124 

John, 125 
Avery,  Deborah  Lothrop,  134 

Ephraim,  134 

Hannah  Parke,  134 

Hannah  Piatt,  134 

John,  132,  133,  134 

John  William,  134 

Little  Pedigree,  134 

Mary  Ogden,  135 

Ruth  Little,  131,  132,  133.  I34 

Samuel  Putnam,  134,  135 

Sarah  Fairchild,  134 

Warren  Pedigree,  134 

Bailey,  Abigail,  132 

Bancroft,  George,  123 

Bartlett,  Mary  Warren,  127,  129 

Robert,  127,  128,  129 
Billington,  John,  124 
Bradford,  William,  124,  126 
Brewster,  William,  124 
Brown,  Peter,  125 
Butteridge,  Richard,  125 

Carver,  John,  124 
Chilton,  James,  124 
Church,  Benjamin,  128 
Elizabeth  Warren,  127,  128,  131 


Church,  Richard,  128,  131 
Clarke,  Sarah,  131 

Richard,  125 
Collier,  Jane,  128 
Cooke,  Esther,  127 

Francis,  124,  127 

John,  127 

Sarah  Warren,  127 
Crackston,  John,  124 

Dotey,  Edward,  125 

Eaton,  Francis,  124 
EUwood,  W.,  133 
English,  Thomas,  125 

Fairchild,  Sarah,  134 
Faunce,  John,  128 

Patience  Morton,  128 

Priscilla,  128 

Thomas,  128 
Fletcher,  Moses,  124 
Fobes,  Constant,  132 
Foster,  Richard,  129 
Fuller,  Edward,  124 

Samuel,  124 

Gardiner,  Richard,  125 
Goodman,  John,  124 
Gosnold,  Bartholomew,  123 

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Gray,  Anna  Little,  131 
Sarah,  130 
Thomas,  131 

Hopkins,  Stephen,  124 
Rowland,  John,  124 

Jones,  Captain,  123 
Joseph,  130 
Patience  Little,  130 

Keene,  Abigail  Little,  130 

Josiah,  130 
King  James,  124 

Leister,  Edward,  125 
Little,  Abigail,  130 

Abigail  Bailey,  132 

Ann,  127,  129 

Anna,  131 

Anna  Warren,  127,  129,  131,  134 

Barnabas,  132 

Bethiah  Thomas,  130 

Coat  of  Arms,  129 

Constant  Fobes,  132 

David,  131,  132 

Elizabeth  Southworth,  132 

Ephraim,  130,  131,  132,  133,  134 

Fobes,  132 

Hannah,  130 

Isaac,  130 

John,  132 

Lemuel,  132 

Luther,  127 

Mary,  131,  132 

Mary  Sturtevant,  130,  131,  133,  134 

Mercy,  130,  132 

Mercy  Otis,  13 1 

Patience,  130 

Pedigree,  134 

Ruth,  130,  131,  132,  133,  134 

Samuel,  130,  131 

Sarah  Clarke,  131,  132 

Sarah  Gray,  130 

Thomas,  119,  121,  127,  129,  130,  131, 
132,  134 

Trunk,  131 

William,  132 
Lothrop,  Deborah,  134 

Margeson,  Edward,  125 
Martin,  Christopher,  124 
Morton,  Patience,  128 
Mullins,  William,  124 

Oakman,  Ruth  Little,  132 
Tobias,  132 


Ogden,  Mary  Ann,  135 
Osborne,  Mr.,  127 
Otis,  Job,  132 

John, 132 

Mercy  Little,  131,  132 

Park,  Richard,  128 
Parke,  Hannah  Anna,  134 
Pastor  Little,  131 
Pearse,  William,  129 
Piatt,  Hannah,  134 
Priest,  Degory,  125 

Ridgdale,  John,  124 
Rogers,  Thomas,  124 

Sawyer,  John,  130 

Mercy  Little,  130 
Snow,  Abigail  Warren,  128 

Anthony,  128 
Southworth,  Elizabeth,  132 
Soule,  George,  125 

Standish,  Captain  Miles,  124,  126,  127 
Stone,  Nathaniel,  133 
Sturtevant,  Mary,  130,  131,  133,  134 

Samuel,  130,  131 

Thomas,  Bethiah,  130 
Tilden,  Hannah  Little,  130 

Stephen,  130 
Tilley,  Edward,  124 

John,  124 
Tinker,  Thomas,  124 
Turner,  John,  124 

Walker,  Sarah,  128 
Warren,  Abigail,  126,  128 

Ann,  126,  127,  129,  131,  134 

Elizabeth,  126, 127,  128, 129,  131,  134 

General  James,  128 

General  Joseph,  128,  129 

Joseph,  127,  128,  129 

Mary,  126,  127,  129 

Nathaniel,  127,  128 

Pedigree,  134 

Priscilla  Faunce,  128 

Richard,  119,  121,  124,  126,  127, 129, 

131.  133.  134- 

Sarah,  126,  127 

Sarah  Walker,  128 
White,  Abijah,  132 

Ann  Little,  132 

William,  124 
Williams,  Thomas,  125 
Winslow,  Gilbert,  125 

William,  124 


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NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Authorities  cited,  121 
Avery  Silver  Cups,  133 

Bristol,  R.  I.,  130 
Brooklyn,  Conn.,  134 

N.  v.,  135 
Bunker  Hill,  Mass.,  128 
Burial  Hill,  Plymouth,  131 


Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  123,  124,  125,  126 
Christian  Union  Church,  Truro,  133 
Compact  Signers,  124 
Congress  of  the  Provmce,  128 

Dartmouth,  Mass.,  127 

Dedham,  Mass.,  128,  132,  133,  134 

Eel  River,  Plymouth,  127,  128,  129 

Falmouth,  England,  123 

First  Church,  Plymouth,  131,  133 

First  Church,  Truro,  133 

Greenwich,  England,  126 
Hartford,  Conn.,  135 
Harwich,  Mass.,  133 
Highlands,  N.  Y.,  134 
Hingham,  Mass.,  128,  130 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  134 
Journal  of  the  Pilgrims,  127 

Kent,  England,  126 

Leyden  Pilgrims,  126 
Little,  Coat  of  Arms,  129 

Trunk,  131 

Will,  131 
Little  Compton,  Mass.,  131,  132 
Littletown,  Mass.,  127 
London,  England,  126,  127,  133 


Marshfield,  Mass.,  128,  129,  130,  131, 

132.  133.  134  , 

Mayflower  Compact,  124,  126 


Mayflower  Descendants,  128,  129 
Pilgrims,  123,  126,  133 
Ship,  123,  134 
Signers,  124,  125 

New  Plymouth,  Mass.,  127 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  134,  135 
North  Truro,  Mass.,  133 
North  Virginia,  123 

Pewter  Plates,  133 
Pewter  Tankards,  133 
Pilgrim  Hall,  Plymouth,  131 
Plymouth  Colony,  128,  129 

Colony  Records,  126,  127,  129 
Plymouth,  England,  123,  126 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  126,  127,   iz8,  129, 

130,  131,  133,  134 
Plymouth  Rock,  127 
Plymouth  Wills,  127,  131,  132 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  134 

Reboath  Fight,  130 
Registry  of  Deeds,  129 

of  Probate,  131 
Rye,  N.  Y.,  134 

Scituate,  Mass.,  130,  131,  132,  134 

Sea  View,  Mass.,  127 

Shallop,  127 

Ship  "Ann,"  126,  127,  129 

"Concord,"  123 

"Mayflower,"  123, 126, 127, 129, 131, 

133.  134 
"Speedwell,"  126 
Short  Narration  of  Facts,  1 19 
Silver  Cups,  133 
Sloop  "High  Pine,"  132 
Southampton,  England,  126 
Stratford,  Conn.,  134 

Truro,  Mass.,  132,  134 

West  Indies,  133 


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